A controversial initiation ritual performed on 35 soldiers of the Army caused commotion in Córdobabecause 20 of them had to be hospitalized for injuries to the esophagus, stomach and lungs, after They will throw quicklime and cider at them.
The event occurred on May 17, however the images went viral in the last few hours. There you can see the young people of the 14th Parachute Regiment of the Third Córdoba Army Corps, kneeling and standing in a row, at the time of “baptism.”
Shouting “parachutist!” by a superior, members had to respond “always.” While they stood with their mouths open, the lime was poured on them.
Lawyer Jerónimo Argañaraz, representative of one of the complainants, ruled out that it was due to an “error”, a version that was spread by the Army, and stressed that “there was no consent from the soldiers”, in statements to Twelve TV.
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20 of 35 members of the 14th Parachute Regiment of the Third Corps had to be hospitalized for injuries to the esophagus, stomach, lungs and eyes.
The case was under investigation by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office No. 2, headed by Carlos Casas Nóblega.
The unusual response of the Army for the initiation ritual in which 20 soldiers suffered burns
After the incident that ended with 20 soldiers hospitalized became public, the Argentine Army issued a statement in which sought to minimize what happened.
“As a celebration for the completion of the course, flour and cider were thrown on the 221 paratroopers recently graduated,” the text indicated at the beginning. And then it was clarified: “To a group of 35 troops, due to an error by those who were supposed to carry the material, lime was thrown at them instead of flour”.
In the same statement, the Army completed: “Those personnel were affected and immediately evacuated to the Córdoba Military Hospital, where they received medical attention and studies were carried out. A small group remained under observation and was later discharged.”.
It should be remembered that, since July 2022, initiation ceremonies were prohibited by order of the Ministry of Defense, when Jorge Taiana was in charge, after the death of Matías Chirino, 22, who was subjected to a lethal rite in the Group of Monte 3 Artillery, in the city of Paso de los Libres, in Corrientes.
What was going to be a welcome barbecue turned into a procedure that included all kinds of abuse. The young man, along with two artillery officers who had also graduated (Rufino Ezequiel Meza and Jorge Manuel Chaile), was forced to run around a casino, do push-ups and even jump into a swimming pool despite the fact that the temperature It was very close to 0 degrees.
Chirino, Meza and Chaile also had to ingest large quantities of alcohol and boiled noodles by hand, forced by the most senior officers.
