Young people saw how the crescent took their parents in Mutatá, Antioquia, while they tried to bring them to safety

In the municipality of Mutatá, in the department of Antioquia, the flood of the Río Sucio dragged a couple of peasants and left their three children, two of them minors, trapped on the bank of the tributary, product of the winter wave that scourge the country

The 42-year-old man, identified as Ariel Julio Tordesillas, was dragged by the current in the Urabá region of Antioquia and found dead. While his 41-year-old wife continues to be wanted by the authorities.

For its part, in a coordinated action between the National Police, the Administrative Department of Risk Management in Antioquia (Dagran), the National Fire Department of Colombia and Emergenci Medicine & Aeronautical Training (Emat) They were able to rescue the 14, 15 and 18-year-old children who had been trapped on the bank of the river with the support of a helicopter.

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The Dagran operational director, Diego Peña, who participated in the rescue, pointed out that it is “Unfortunately the loss of life and the impact on the path of these children, we continue to help as much as possible to attend emergencies due to the rainy season in our department.”

The general director of Dagran, Jaime Enrique Gómez, indicated in statements collected by El Tiempo that the children were delivered to the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare through the Department of Childhood, Adolescence and Youth of the Government of Antioquia.

The authorities are still looking for the woman who crossed the river with her husband for a garruncha when they were swept away.

Emergency in Betulia

In turn, in the last hours an emergency was registered in the municipality of Betulia, in this same department, in which due to the winter wave There was an avalanche caused by the damming of the Las Ánimas creek that caused the disappearance of a coffee picker.

This fact was reported by the Mayor’s Office of the municipality in a statement in which they assured that in about the 80% of the facilities of the Hospital Germán Vélez Gutiérrez were flooded Therefore, the care in the health center is suspended until the emergency is solved and the Day Center is available to attend to emergencies in the area.

Similarly, the Mayor’s Office of Betulia pointed out that three landslides on the road leading to the municipality with Concordia, which prevents mobility on this road and that on the road that connects Betulia with Urrao in the sector of the Six there were two landslides that obstruct the road since a vehicle was stuck.

“The relief agencies and from the Municipal Administration” Pasión por Betulia “are attending the different critical points, also monitoring the flow of the streams” Las Animas and Buena Vista “, said the local administration in a statement.

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