The victims are a 30-year-old woman and a 2-year-old baby who were trapped by the earth movement.
At least two people have died this Wednesday after the collapse of a mountain in Medellín, in northwestern Colombia, as reported by local authorities.
After a first verification of the area after the event, the death of a 30-year-old woman and a 2-year-old boy, as detailed by the mayor of Medellín, Daniel Quintero, on his Twitter account. “I am sorry to report the loss of the life of a 30-year-old woman and that of a two-year-old minor in the mass movement presented in the township of San Antonio de Prado. We continue to advance in the search and rescue tasks,” he said. Quintero. In this sense, the emergency teams have begun to fly over the area in search of more people. The Colombian Police and Army have activated phase two of emergency care.
The landslide would have caused a blockage in the channel of the Quebrada Doña María river, on the outskirts of Medellín and near the municipality of Itagüí. In addition, they have not ruled out other landslides, which is why the authorities have urged citizens to evacuate the land adjacent to the landslide, as reported by ‘El Espectador’.
Videos broadcast on social networks show how part of the slope collapses, while inhabitants of the area scream in fear at the advance of the landslide. Some inhabitants have denounced that for months they have been warning that the rains could cause situations like this, and have blamed the authorities for not preventing it.