On this Tuesday morning, The Colombian Navy located and recovered three bodies in the Magdalena River, which correspond to minors.
“Two bodies were located near the crash site, On the Tolú corregimiento, the third body was found in Buenavista, approximately 6 kilometers from the initial point. At this time, support is being provided with river transport for SIJIN DEBOL personnel, in order to identify and recognize the recovered bodies”says the Navy.
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In the municipality of Maganguéauthorities and community maintain the incessant search for five children and one adult missing since Sunday night, after two boats collided.
Tragedy in the same family
The children that an entire municipality desperately seeks today they are Carolina Castro Muñoz, 4 years old; Yomadis Castro Muñoz, 8; Solangie Guzmán Retamoza, 10; Dioselin Muñoz Guerra, 10; and Marcela Muñoz Guerra, 13. The five minors are members of the same family. In addition to the children, 23-year-old Vinson Barranco is missing.
“The search and rescue activities are concentrated from kilometer 0 to kilometer 8, linking three vessels of the municipal administration in which the Civil Defense and the Red Cross are transported, in addition to the support of 14 canoes belonging to fishermen of the region”, reported the National Navy.
Nelviz Gutiérrez, mother of Vinson Barranco, recounted that they were returning to their town on the Magdalena River but in the dark of the night they did not see the other boat. The woman said that the fury of the water dragged her several meters while I heard people’s cries for help.
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However, 12 of the 18 passengers managed to swim to shore. But the fury of the river and the darkness of the night swallowed the 5 children of the Muñoz family and Barranco, who lives in Barranquilla, and had come to Magangué to visit his mother.
There are two captured fishermen
A few hours after the accident, and already with daylight, the authorities located two fishermen, hidden in a house in the district of Tolú, who apparently were the crew of the boatman identified as ‘El Cipriano, who loaded with provisions, was involved in the collision on the night of Sunday, February 6.
The two fishermen were captured and they are identified as responsible for the crash against the boat where 18 people were traveling between the districts of San Sebastián del Coyonal and Buena Vista, municipality of Magangué.
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“With the use of slings and artisanal means used by the fishermen of the region, it was possible to find the place where the boat named ‘La Niña Natalia’, where people were travelling, was sunken,” assured the National Navy.
With the support of fishermen from the sector, the boat ‘La Niña Natalia’ was refloated, during the maneuver no bodies were found on board the boat, the hypothesis of the presence of bodies trapped in the tent of the boat was handled, which it was dragged by the current of the Magdalena River”, underline sources from the National Navy.
The boat was towed to the San Sebastián de Buenavista sector, where it was placed at the disposal of the National Police.
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