In the eye of the hurricane is the mayor of Manizales, Carlos Marín, for being outside the country during the emergency that is experienced after alerts of eruption of Nevado del Ruíz.
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The leader of the Manizales He is out of the country since he has been on vacation since March 31. It should be noted that Caldas is one of the points most threatened by a possible eruption. For this reason, the City Council requested a response from Marín.
Despite the fact that the rest was notified in advance, at the time of his departure the Nevado del Ruiz volcano was already on orange alert, something that had not happened for 12 years.
Along with it, On March 29, a record number of seismic activity was recorded at the volcano, with more than 11,000 earthquakes in a single day.
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The Secretary of Mobility, Cristián Mateo Loaiza Alfonso, was in charge of the city, after Marín’s rest. However, In the midst of the emergency, the people of Manizale have requested the presence of their mayor.
In the face of criticism, Mayor Marín assured that he has not returned to Colombia due to cost issues. According to what he explained, changing air tickets at Easter would mean paying a high price on flights.
“I have not returned to Colombia not because I don’t want to, but because changing some tickets this week, where all the airports in the world are full, has a very high cost. But we are doing our best to fix it.”, he indicated through social networks.
(Keep reading: Nevado del Ruiz Volcano: seismic events keep alert).
Finally, the mayor of Manizales He assured that his vacations would initially go from March 31 to April 20. He assured that he has been aware of the situation and that at all times he has maintained communication with the National Disaster Risk Management Unit.
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