“On the ground there are 209 people carrying out rescue and search operations, including units of the Fire Department, Army, Police, Civil Defense, Invias (Latinco), CTI, Indigenous Guard and the mayor’s office of El Carmen de Atrato,” indicated the Government.
Likewise, the departmental administration of Chocó indicated that search and rescue efforts were suspended at 6:00 in the afternoon, due to weather forecasts and the instability of the terrain. Work will resume at 6:00 this Sunday morning.
“Permanent monitoring of the situation will be maintained to establish other critical points on the road, susceptible to new landslides,” he pointed out.
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Petro Government
Laura Sarabia, director of the Department of Social Prosperity, announced that President Gustavo Petro ordered her travel to the emergency area to carry out coordinated work with the Government of Chocó and care for the affected families.
In the morning, Vice President Francia Márquez Mina pointed out through her X account that the majority of the victims are girls and boys.
«I deeply regret the death of 33 people in this tragedy, mostly girls and boys, according to preliminary reports from the territory. “All our solidarity with the department of Chocó and the families of the victims,” wrote Márquez Mina.
According to preliminary reports, at least 50 people, including men, women, older adults and children, were inside a residence taking shelter from the heavy downpour when they were surprised by the mass movement.
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The victims
As the technical inspection of corpses progresses, the identities of the victims left by the emergency in the department of Chocó are becoming known. At the moment, 19 of the 33 deceased people have been identified
Catalina María Giraldo Aristizábal. Yirlesa Palacios Andrade. Karen Yulisa Garcés Mena. María Fernanda Moreno. Hessy Daniela Bejarano Andrade. Jeylen Daniel Mosquera. Liseth Verónica Córdoba Palacios. Dianney Mayumi Castañeda. John Jairo Murillo Castañeda. Diana Patricia Murillo Orobio. Claudia Patricia Mosquera Palacios. Rocío De Jesús Mazo. Pedro Leonel Palacios Cossio. Rubén José Pérez Saya Javier Yurgaky Ibarguen Adriana Marcela Torres Gómez Javier Andrés Mena Becerra. Milena Olaya deck. Alberto Olaya Caicedo Photo: Police
Wounded
1Eduardo Paz Coutin. Yuliana Quintero Martínez. Claudia Murillo. Fanny Gisell Palacios Chala. Deimer Andrés Rodríguez Chala. Daniel David Becerra Moreno. Juan José Rentería – (Baby 9 months). Giovanny Ezequiel Murillo. Katherine Ibargüen. Cristian Raúl Díaz. Johana Murillo Ramírez. Denesis Ramirez. Deiner Alexander Córdoba. Doralis Murillo. Alexandra Hurtado. Luis Santiago Pino. Felix Agualimpia. Karen Pino. Johana Benítez Aslán Velásquez.
Help lines enabled
The Colombian Red Cross enabled psychosocial care lines and reestablishment of family contact, with the purpose of reestablishing contact with the people who are in this road corridor.
Likewise, care will be provided to the families of the victims, who are today at the scene of the emergency.
🚨The Colombian Red Cross enables psychosocial care lines and restoration of family contact.
🔻Attention will also be paid to the families of the victims, who are at the scene of the emergency today.
*Source: PMU-Chocó pic.twitter.com/X8jY5cfr9Y— Government of Chocó (@GobChoco) January 13, 2024