Eight people were found, lifeless, along the Tuy River, in the state of Miranda, since Sunday, October 9, according to the report of the security, prevention and search authorities for the victims of the landslide of The Weavers.
The troops count four corpses found on the banks of the Tuy River, La Capilla and Cayapita sectors in the Cúa-Tácata section of the Guaicaipuro municipality. In addition, there are three deceased collected at the height of the San José de Piñango sector in San Francisco of the Simón Bolívar municipality (Yare) and add another deceased found in the La Acequia sector in Ocumare del Tuy, Tomás Lander municipality.
Among the victims are two women; In addition to a boy aged between 9 and 12 years, with white skin, black hair and 1.20 tall.
A young man of approximately 25 years and four men with apparent ages between 45 and 50 years. The last body found in Yare, a man with white skin, black hair and 1 meter 60 centimeters tall, on his left arm he has a tattoo of flowers and tribals.
Search continues for victims of the La Tejerías landslide
A multidisciplinary team made up of Civil Protection, Miranda Firefighters, Municipal Police, Polimiranda, GNB and workers from different State agencies continue the search for citizens who were swept away by the waters, after the torrential downpours recorded in Las Tejerías, municipality Santos Michelena from Aragua state, last Sunday, October 8.
the river tuy
Although it rises near Pico Codazzi in Aragua, it is the main river in the state of Miranda and has a length of 239 kilometers. The waters pass through the towns of El Consejo (Aragua), Las Tejerías, Valles del Tuy and end in the Barlovento subregion in Miranda.
The personnel of the three levels of Government continue the work of saturation, cleaning of sediments and waste, as well as the dredging of this tributary.
The authorities are preparing to carry out a sweep from the mouth of the Tuy River, in the town of Paparo in the Barlovento subregion, coastal area of Miranda.
