When the ammunition was dismantled in Nicaragua, three soldiers were buried.

Managua, March 17, 3 Nicaraguan soldiers were buried in graves and died while neutralizing the ammunition, and the other three were rescued alive, the Nicaraguan army reported on Thursday. The accident occurred on Wednesday at 14:45 (20.45 GMT) in the area around the General Staff of the Northern Army Military Detachment, where a squadron of 14 soldiers “deactivated the ammunition and in the process the slope of the pit in which they worked collapsed,” according to the military side. “As a result of this incident, six brothers in his arms were buried, three of whom were killed and three were rescued alive,” the army said. The victims were identified as Lieutenant Lieutenant Hernandez Hurtado, Second Sergeant Antonio Guadalupe Arias Quiroz, and first-class soldier Wilma Noel Lopez Randero. Those who survived are Lieutenant Uriel Klosme Martinez and Private Roberto Wilmer Medina and Tony Perez Sequeira. “The brothers who were alive and rescued received primary medical treatment and were later taken to the Nuevo Amanecer Hospital in Puerto Cabejas,” explained the military agency in the northern Caribbean, in Nicaragua. The rest of the staff were not affected, he added. The Nicaraguan Army “expressed deep condolences to the brothers' relatives with the weapons who died in their duties, where we maintain communication and provide proper care.” lfp/gf/copy