Colombia: Forensic teams transfer dead bodies after landslide kills 20
Heavy rains on Wednesday complicated the search for nine people still missing after a landslide that killed at least 20 in central Colombia, authorities said.
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00:00 In the municipality of Quetame, a phenomenon called torrential avenue is present,
00:04 which generates the effect of some populated areas that we have here in the site.
00:26 There are 20 homes, where initially an average of almost 30 people disappeared,
00:32 which is what we are at the moment,
00:34 because we are entering and inquiring with the staff and the people who lived here in the area.
00:38 All the families, 8 people from my family fell, my mother, two brothers, nephews, a niece.
00:52 We want to get to see what happened, we have the animal farm,
00:56 which we also have to help, to see in what state they are.
01:00 We want to help in a certain way, to look for the bodies,
01:04 in case we no longer have the possibility to find them,
01:07 but to know about them and at least give them the holy burial.
01:11 Thank you.
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