Soldier who works at Guantanamo prison camp drowns
MIAMI _ A soldier on the staff of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, drowned off a beach in a death that is under investigation, the military said Friday.
Army Col. Lisa Garcia, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Southern Command, said it was not immediately known what military entity was handling the investigation into the death of Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jose Eduardo Lopez-Cobena, 40, of Colorado Springs, Colo.
Lopez-Cobena died Thursday off Cable Beach, a popular swimming spot in "a noncombat alleged drowning incident while deployed in support of detainee operations," Garcia said.
He was on a one-year tour at the base, working on logistics as part of the 1,650-strong staff assigned to the detention center of 41 captives. He was due to finish his deployment there in early June.
His family has been notified, Garcia said. His home base was the 2nd Infantry Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
_Miami Herald
