2024-01-13 21:39:16
Dozens of people were camping in a place called Toldas, at kilometer 17, 2 hours from Quibdó, on the road that leads to Medellín, they were trapped underground following a landslide around 4 in the followingnoon on Friday, January 12 .
The heavy rains caused several landslides so people might neither move forward nor turn back, which meant that they spent hours in a long line of vehicles, so they decided to get off and wait in a house in this place.
There were more than 60 people in the house, according to a witness who survived the emergency, the majority were children and women; This was evidenced in a video that captures the moments of life of the victims moments before the landslide.
From one moment to the next, the earth began to fall away and a part of the mountain collapsed, covering everything in its path: vehicles, people and the home with all the citizens waiting inside.
This was the exact moment of the large-scale collapse that would have claimed the lives of at least 10 people on the Quibdó – Medellín road, in the Toldas sector, in Carmen de Atrato, #Choco.
Video: Courtesy Publinoticias El Carmen de Atrato, Chocó and Southwest Antioquia pic.twitter.com/V36Z0CCWtv
— Duvan Alvarez (@duvan_ad) January 13, 2024
Chocó tragedy from the air
Photo:
Jaiver Nieto Álvarez. CEET
EL TIEMPO arrived at the scene of the tragedy and captured these aerial images 24 hours following the emergency that has already claimed the lives of 34 people, 19 are injured and there are still missing.
“We lived a very sad weekend for Chocó, our people feel the pain of the victims. I will not rest until I make sure that all Chocoans have information regarding
their relatives” Assured Nubia Carolina Córdoba Curi, governor of Chocó. (You may be interested in: Video of the victims of the Chocó tragedy minutes before the landslide)
A large landslide buried the bodies of more than 50 people.
Photo:
Jaiver Nieto Álvarez. CEET
The bodies were taken to the city of Medellín to Forensic Medicine for full identification. To date, 17 fatalities have been identified:
1. Catalina María Giraldo Aristizábal.
2. Yirlesa Palacios Andrade.
3. Karen Yulisa Garcés Mena.
4. María Fernanda Moreno.
5. Hessy Daniela Bejarano Andrade.
6. Jeylen Daniel Mosquera
7. Liseth Verónica Córdoba Palacios
8. Dianney Mayumi Castañeda
9. John Jairo Murillo Castañeda
10. Diana Patricia Murillo Orobio
11. Claudia Patricia Mosquera Palacios
12. Rocío De Jesús Mazo
13. Pedro Leonel Palacios Cossio
14. Rubén José Pérez Saya
15. Javier Yurgaky in Ibargue
16. Adriana Marcela Torres Gómez
17. Javier Andrés Mena Becerra
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