Emergency agencies in Norte de Santander reported the death of three members of the same family, after a rock fell off due to heavy rains in the region and fell on top of a house.
The event was recorded in the municipality of Cucutilla and the mayor of that population, Juan Carlos Pérez Parada, stated that “this news is very sad. The death of three people who were in the kitchen of their own home is very painful, when a rock fell on them.
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The official explained that a large rock rolled from the top of a mountain due to the strong winter that hits that area, to the house.
there it was an older adult woman, His daughter and granddaughter, approximately 13 years old, who died after the tragedy. The incident was recorded while the family was preparing breakfast in the kitchen of the house.
The three victims were identified as María Celina Jaimes, Claudia Patricia Jaimes Contreras and Johanna Valentina Ortega Jaimes.
For several hours, the emergency agencies and the community were present in the sector, to try to rescue the bodies. Subsequently, the respective lifting of the bodies was made.
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“From our region we send our greetings of solidarity and we express our prayers for Don Ciro Jaimes and the Jaimes Contreras family, for the loss of his wife, his daughter and his granddaughter. We raise a prayer to the God of Eternal Love, so that he receives you in his Holy kingdom, said the mayor.
The official concluded that “We are experiencing very complicated times due to the strong winter wave that the town has faced in the last year. Landslides and landslides have left us with human losses and considerable economic losses.”
