The UME activates the deployment of 117 troops to contain the outbreak of swine fever in Catalonia

The Military Emergency Unit (UME) has activated 117 personnel and 25 vehicles that will be deployed in Barcelona to contain the outbreak of African swine fever, following a request from the Generalitat. According to sources from the Government Delegation in Catalonia, the majority of the UME contingent that will be activated in this operation comes from the units of the Technological and Environmental Emergency Intervention Group (GIETMA), based in Torrejón de Ardoz, and the IV Battalion, based in Zaragoza. According to military sources, most of the personnel left early this morning from the UME headquarters in Torrejón de Ardoz and are expected to arrive in Barcelona around noon. However, the first GIETMA units of the UME moved to Barcelona yesterday, once they coordinated with the Generalitat the supports to be provided, according to the sources. In the framework of collaboration between institutions, the Government delegate in Catalonia, Carlos Prieto, communicated over the ...