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Walter Astudillo arrived in Pisco to participate in search operations and stressed that the deployment of the armed forces will not cease.The Minister of Defense, Walter Astudillo Chavez, guaranteed that the sector that leads has deployed all the available means of the Armed Forces to intensify the search for air, land and sea of Ashley Vargas Mendoza, pilot of the Peruvian Air Force (FAP), who disappeared aboard its KT-1P instruction aircraft when he performed a navigation exercise on the city of Pisco.
Since contact with the aircraft was lost, on Tuesday, the search began. All available means were deployed, including the support of our Navy, the General Fire Department and the National Police, he said from the Pisco Air Base, where he arrived to monitor the actions arranged.
Accompanied by the General Commander of the Air Force, General of the Air Carlos Enrique Chavez Cateriano, the head of the Mindef said that the Armed Forces will continue to deploy all their means, during the 24 hours, in order to find evidence of the situation of Ensign Vargas Mendoza and its aircraft.
We are going to continue the search, we are not going to supervise, we will also participate, because the life of a member of the Armed Forces is the main thing for us. His effort has a great meaning for security, development and democracy, said Astudillo Chavez.
The Defense Minister also invoked the media to be more prudent and responsible with the information provided on this case. He stressed that it is necessary to contrast with official sources to avoid misrepresentations.
For his part, the general commander of the FAP reported that other air, maritime and land missions are scheduled to continue the search for Ashley Vargas. Today, for example, he indicated that a maritime patrol of the Captaincy of Puerto de Pisco and a BAP Zimic Oceanographic ship have joined the work.
We have deployed air, terrestrial and sea means, including drones, aircraft equipped with infrared cameras and a helicopter equipped with night vision systems. They are flying 24 hours a day patrolling the area waiting to be able to find greater evidence of the fate of the Ensign and its aircraft, he said.
