The Minister of Defense, Marguerite Roblessaid Friday that army troops will be increased as long as “necessary” to help with rescue and reconstruction work in all towns affected by DANA, such as Ribarroja, Paiporta or Algemesí in Valencia, and that it will not There will not be “any type of media limitation.”
“Today these 500 additional soldiers are already on the ground and tomorrow those who are needed and those who are needed (…) Tomorrow we will increase further, I insist, whatever is necessary, the necessary time, with the capacities that allow us to operate taking into account the most important needs”, assured Robles in an interview with “La hora”. from La 1′, from FTE.
Currently, 1,700 UME soldiers are deployed and “they arrive from all over Spain”, according to Robles, who highlighted the separation of a morgue divided into two headquarters, one at the Valencia Fair, located in Paterna , and the other at the Institute of Forensic Medicine.
“The Army will be present in all the cities affected by this situation. Before we mentioned Utiel and Requena where the UME (Military Emergency Unit) has been located since the beginning, but we will be in Ribarroja, Turrena, Paiporta, in Algemesí… wherever necessary. Without any media limitations,” Robles said.
Robles clarified that the army’s main “missions” on the ground are “to help dig out people who may be in basements or on the ground floor,” helping to evacuate vehicles, by allowing the transport and arrival of food.
The Ministry of Defense has expanded the military deployment in the Valencian Community to reach 1,700 military personnel to face the effects of DANA and which, as Robles detailed, come from the Navyof the Third from San Fernandoof the Air Force or the Sewer Parachute Squadron.
