Three deceased has left a mudslide that dragged various materials in a local hotel Argentina from Bariloche, in the Patagonian province of Río Negro.
During the early hours of this Wednesday, the bodies of the two Uruguayan tourists who were being intensely searched since the incident occurred in the hotel located on Avenida Bustillo in the Villa Huinid complex were found, according to a statement from the provincial Public Prosecutor’s Office.
The first deceased was also a native of Uruguay and had been trapped inside one of the two hotel rooms. His body was found on Tuesday.
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Interview with Patricia Díaz, Undersecretary of Civil Protection of the Municipality, who provided details of the situation at the Villa Huinid hotel, which registered a landslide of mud and branches on Monday afternoon.
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The mudslide dragged various materials on Monday afternoon, including those of a retaining wall, several pine trees, branches, earth and others. According to the undersecretary of Civil Protection, Patricia Díaz, on radio The Cordilleranthe room where the new victims were found “had about 100 tons of mud, half was removed until it reached the people who were in the room lying on the bed.”
According to the agency Eph, three other people injured by the landslide had been referred to local health centers to be treated. One of them is the partner of the first passenger found dead.
According to an official note, both the Embassy of Uruguay and the Consulate General of Uruguay in Argentina are in direct contact with the families of the victims. The District Consul, Sophia Grilli, will travel to Bariloche “to be able to accompany the relatives in person, and before the local authorities to expedite the pertinent procedures and act as a link between the competent and aforementioned agencies,” he said in a statement this Tuesday the Uruguayan Embassy.
The note added that the ambassador, Carlos Enciso, is in direct communication with the local authorities to remain available and contribute everything that is within the reach of the diplomatic representation.
Although the causes of this avalanche are still being investigated, the Government of Río Negro had issued a climate alert for snowfall and gusts of wind that could reach 75 kilometers per hour.
According to the newspaper The nation, Villa Huinid is a complex located in a ravine with two buildings and dozens of cabins. The most affected hotel was the Bustillo, where in the middle of the rain an avalanche penetrated the first floor and slid towards the ground floor.
With information from Eph.
