Yeison Camilo Alarcón, 24, and her family celebrated Mother’s Day this Sunday at the Tota lagoon in the municipality of Aquitania in Boyacá, a very popular tourist destination in that area.
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At around 4 pm a tragedy struck them. Three cousins, all underage, approached the shore of the lagoon, Colombia’s largest lake. There they played for a while and took a bath. Gradually the current was taking them into deep waters reaching 60 meters at its highest point.
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The children started screaming and desperately asking for help. understand what’s going on Their uncle, Yeison Camilo, immediately jumped into the lake to save them. But he too was caught in the flow.
“It seems that this young man (Yeison Camilo) didn’t know how to swim,” said Major Nelson Corredor, commander of the Boyacá Transit and Transport Division.
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Four of them struggled to get out of the lake.
The mayor of Aquitania, Orlado Barrera, told this newspaper that the Police, fire department, Civil Defense and industry community are working together to help.
A boy and a girl were found and taken to a local hospital, but unfortunately they arrived on the scene with no signs of life. The body of the third child, another girl, was found hours later.
The victims are 10-year-old Paula Valentina Pedraza Pérez; Santiago Pedraza Alarcón, 12 and Nikol Juliana Santos Alarcón, 13.
Search efforts had to be halted at around 7:30 p.m. this Sunday. At that time, there was still no trace of Yeison Camilo, a psychologist by profession and a specialist in epidemiology. Hopes of finding him alive were nil.
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Tota lagoon is one of Boyacá’s main tourist attractions. About four hours on the northern highway from Bogotaand from Tunja it is two hours by road, passing through the municipalities of Sogamoso, Iza, Cuitiva, until reaching the town of Tota and then the lagoon.
Orlado Barrera, the mayor of Aquitania, one of three municipalities with jurisdiction over the lagoon (Cuítiva and Tota are the other two), explained to this newspaper that it is raining in the area these days, so the water level is likely. the lagoon rose.
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In this particular case, the president warned that going into the lake for a swim is a very unusual activity. He said you can do water sports there, fish and navigate the lagoon, always stick to regulations and follow preventative measures such as the use of a buoyancy vest.
Regulations do not prohibit people from swimming in the lagoon. However, as the mayor of Aquitaine noted, Visitors are advised to refrain from doing this as there are no suitable areas to safely perform this activity. nor is there a rescue team to adequately monitor those who decide to do so.
Source: Exame
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