Zamboanga City: A decorated Army commander, who was a combat veteran in Mindanao, died on Sunday following a heart attack while diving off the coast of Zamboanga del Sur province, his spokesperson said.

Captain Jefferson Somera, a spokesperson for the First Infantry Division, said that Brig.Gen. Daniel Lucero was diving with his staff and wife at a beach in Tukuran town when he had a heart attack.

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