One of the two street inhabitants reported as disappeared after the rains that whipped Medellín in recent days It has been found lifeless.
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This is Jhon Jairo Tamayo, whose body was recovered by relief agencies this Sunday, May 4as confirmed by Mayor Federico Gutiérrez through his social networks.
“With deep pain we confirmed the recovery of the body of Jhon Jairo Tamayo, one of the two street inhabitants who had been reported as missing after flooding,” the president wrote in his official X account.
He also expressed solidarity with the victim’s family and said he continues the search for Carlos Enrique Sánchez, the second person who would have been dragged by the growing of the Medellín River.
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Tamayo and Sánchez They slept under the bridge of 9th Street with Carrera 70, one of the points affected by the increase in flow in the middle of the downpour recorded last Wednesday. Since then, emergency agencies deployed a search operation, activated after a citizen report that warned about the possible disappearance of both men.
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The situation has evidenced the impact of the rains on the most vulnerable populations of the city, so Medellín remains on alert for the winter seasonwhich already leaves more than 1,700 victims, preventive evacuations and serious effects in various points of the Aburrá Valley.
