The Two Uruguayans disappeared in the Bustillo Hotel in Bariloche due to a mudslide that occurred on Monday They were found dead in the early hours of Wednesday.as reported to The Observer Adriana Díaz, undersecretary of Civil Protection of the Argentine town.
The search resumed at 18 hours on Tuesday, after being suspended because the hotel was in danger of collapsing. as forecast rain for wednesdaywhich could have further complicated the situation, the authorities decided resume the search with “slower but more precise” work and they removed “in buckets” around a hundred tons of mudDiaz noted.
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Images of the avalanche at the Hotel Bustillo in Bariloche, where three Uruguayans died
The bodies of Alba González Giovanelli and Orlando Casella, sister and brother-in-law of the only victim until this Tuesday, Víctor González Giovanelli, They were found at 2:28 a.m.reported the undersecretary.
The relatives of the victims traveled this Wednesday morning and are already in Barilocheaccompanied by the Consulate General of Uruguay, reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement.
Víctor González’s wife, Ana Marturet, who was hospitalized with injuries, She was discharged this Wednesday and is already in the company of her family, communicated the Uruguayan embassy in Argentina. He added that the corresponding procedures were being carried out for the repatriation of the bodies of the three deceased.
Two Argentines who were hospitalized for the events They are out of hospital.
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Images of the avalanche at the Hotel Bustillo in Bariloche, where three Uruguayans died
The avalanche occurred on Monday 6:20 p.m.when one came off lots of mudsome trees fell and with an extraordinary force caused by the intensity of the precipitations and the water that ran, entered the hotel building, as reported by the Río Negro newspaper.
The detachment occurred when slipping a containmentat the top of the hotel, where the tourist complex has a work for the construction of a new building, which was paralyzed. The mud entered through the rooms on the first floor of the hotel and down to the reception.
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Images of the avalanche at the Hotel Bustillo in Bariloche, where three Uruguayans died