Minute30.com .- After the initial silence of the authorities, the names of the people who lost their lives during the air attacks in Caracas on January 3 are beginning to emerge. The partial balance shows 25 fatalities, of which 18 have been identified, whose identity reveals a deep drama: the majority were young, low-ranking soldiers and, so far, the death of a Cartagena merchant has been confirmed.

The Colombian civilian victim

The first civilian identified is Yohana Rodríguez Sierra, a 45-year-old woman from Cartagena. His death occurred in the El Hatillo municipality, near the “El Volcán” sector, where an explosion in an antenna area hit his home. Her daughter, Ana Corina Morales Sierra, 22, was injured and was the one who broke the news to her family in the department of Bolívar with a heartbreaking message: “My mother is already dead.”

The Honor Guard and the Presidential Security Battalion

The most affected group belonged to the Presidential Security Battalion No. 6, in charge of direct custody of the Miraflores Palace. The confirmed names are:

Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers: Lieutenant Yendis Cristofer Gregorio Barreto, Lieutenant Lerwis Geovanny Rivero Chirinos and Second Sergeant Richard Rodríguez Bellorín.

Honor Guards: Jeampier Josue Parra Parra, Franyerson Javier Hurtado Ortuño, José Ángel Ilarraza González, Jerry Antonio Aguilera Velásquez, Franco Abrahan Contreras Tochon and Isaac Enrique Tovar Lamont.

Troop: Second Corporal Luis Enrry López Sánchez.

Women and students of the Military Academy

The raid also claimed the lives of women in uniform and young women who had not yet graduated:

Second Sergeants: Anaís Katherine Molina Goenaga and Alejandra Del Valle Oliveros Velasquez (Custody Battalion No. 3).

Military Aviation: First Lieutenant Deimar Elizabeth Páez Torres.

Academy students: Jhonatan Alexander Cordero Moreno and Saúl Abrahan Pereira Martínez.

Other confirmed identities

Among the deceased is also Lenín Osorio Ramírez, son of Soraida Ramírez (president of Idenna), and the honor guard Carlos Julio Quiñónez Perozo.

Unofficial reports indicate that there are at least six more unidentified bodies in strategic points such as the Militia Command, the Óscar Machado Zuloaga Airport and the Altos de Irapa Radar Station.

Meanwhile, in the Dr. Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital and the Fuerte Tiuna Hospital, 90 injured people are fighting for their lives, which could increase the list of deaths in the coming hours.

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