Over 46 deaths have been reported of 18-19 year old conscripts during a Chilean snowstorm in the Antuco region of the Andes, during a training exercise. Over 112 young soldiers had to be airlifted, many seriously wounded. Army Chief Emilio Cheyre says that the survivors will receive sympathy and medical care, however, they will not be allowed to leave the Army. Chile uses a draft system, where after a volunteer quota of 20,000-30,000 is met, they forcefully impress unpaid recruits, a factor for which is cost: paying troops would cost nearly 4 times more than an unpaid draft army. Whether Chile will continue to have a compulsory military is a matter of debate. General Cheyre states that the officers responsible led their men into danger, and they will be punished.