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A landslide caused by the rains caused a tragedy in Valdivia, Antioquia, when 20 people were chatting in a tavern. The earth razed the place.
Jaiber Taborda, owner of the establishment, is alive miraculously he is alive. Seconds before the landslide covered his tavern someone called him and he managed to leave the place.
“I thank God very much because I had left two or three seconds ago and while I left, I left and that came off one. I was in the business, where they don’t call me that also covers me, ”he told Noticias Caracol.
Just two months ago, Jaiber had invested all his savings to buy the tavern. To anticipate December, he made a chicharronada with his family and neighbors that ended in this tragedy in the village of Puerto Valdivia.
Seven people died under the rubble, including his two cousins and one of Jaiber’s aunt.
According to the authorities, among the seven fatalities would be two minors: a 14-year-old girl and the other 16.
“It is one of the things that personally worries me the most, those minors, that will be the subject of investigation. I have been very emphatic in this unified command post so that the order given by the Mayor’s Office to close the commercial establishments at 12 o’clock at night is carried out, ”said the Governor of Antioquia, Aníbal Gaviria.
Twelve people were injured, three were discharged from the site and the rest were transferred to assistance centers in Valdivia and Yarumal.
“Of the nine injured, eight have already been discharged and are at home. Most of the injured had minor bruises and lacerations and only required transfer to a more complex healthcare center in Yarumal, ”said Andrés Felipe Delgado, manager of the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Valdivia.
Throughout Monday the official Valdivia fire department and all the authorities have carried out debris removal work, but the material continues to fall and they say that there is instability on the ground and that there would possibly be evacuations to nearby homes.
The road has already been enabled in a single lane, however, the authorities ask drivers to avoid driving at night and take alternate roads.
Authorities confirmed that the search for the disappeared is over.
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