{"id":65786,"date":"2026-06-29T16:27:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=65786"},"modified":"2026-07-04T05:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:05:00","slug":"in-memory-of-corporal-edgar-mallo-baena-who-died-in-a-parachute-jump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/06\/29\/in-memory-of-corporal-edgar-mallo-baena-who-died-in-a-parachute-jump\/","title":{"rendered":"In memory of Corporal Edgar Mallo Baena, who died in a parachute jump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Spanish Army is in mourning again today for the death in the line of duty of one of its soldiers, this time in Huesca.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EjercitoTierra\/status\/2071522222804455687\" target=\"_blank\">This morning, the Spanish Army announced the death of Corporal Edgar Mallo Baena<\/a>, a Paratrooper Legionnaire of the Advanced Reconnaissance Company (CRAV) of the <strong>6th Engineer Battalion of the \"Almog\u00e1vares\" 6th Paratrooper Brigade (BRIPAC)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55364293943_d88d43b232_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55364293943_d88d43b232_o.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Corporal Mallo died during a nighttime parachute jump in Exercise \"Tormenta Alada 26\" (Winged Storm 26)<\/strong> held in the aforementioned Aragonese city. The deceased soldier joined the Spanish Army in 2018, was a resident of Alcantarilla (Murcia), and was awarded the Cross of Military Merit with White Distinction and the Commemorative Medals for Operation Balmis and the DANA storm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My deepest condolences to the family and comrades of the deceased corporal.<\/strong> Grant him eternal rest, O Lord. Let perpetual light shine upon him. Rest in peace.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Honor demanded and they obeyed,<br \/>\nDuty required it and they complied with it;<br \/>\nWith their blood the company was signed<br \/>\nWith their efforts they made the country great.<\/p>\n<p>They were big and strong, because they were<br \/>\nFaithful to the oath they swore.<br \/>\nThat's why they fought like brave men,<br \/>\nAnd they died like heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Dying for the country was his destiny,<br \/>\nLove Spain its eternal passion,<br \/>\nServe in the Armies his vocation and fate.<\/p>\n<p>They did not want to serve another Flag,<br \/>\nThey did not want to walk another path,<br \/>\nThey didn't know how to live any other way.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5629\/22582905265_608631007e_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spanish Army is in mourning again today for the death in the line of duty of one of its soldiers, this time in Huesca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19534,11544,25897],"tags":[4691,26186,27332,14347,27334,2189,20795,11462],"class_list":["post-65786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-army","category-in-memoriam-eng","tag-aragon","tag-batallon-de-zapadores-vi-de-paracaidistas","tag-clp-edgar-mallo-baena","tag-compania-de-reconocimiento-avanzado-crav-de-la-bripac","tag-exercise-tormenta-alada-26","tag-huesca","tag-parachute-brigade-almogavares-vi-bripac","tag-spain"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-29 17:46:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}