San Salvador.- El Salvador will send two planes with a total of 100 tons of humanitarian aid to Colombia, where at least 181 people died due to Monday’s 7.4 magnitude earthquake, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced this Tuesday.
A first plane will depart this very Tuesday night and the second one will do so on Wednesday, the president specified in a message on X.
Bukele pointed out that “the Government of Colombia has requested humanitarian aid solely in the form of supplies to assist the families affected by the earthquake,” and since, as has been reported to El Salvador, Colombian “rescue teams, medical personnel, and other emergency units are deployed and addressing the situation, therefore, at this moment, they do not require personnel support.”
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For this reason, the president pointed out, it was decided “to send two cargo planes with 100 tons of humanitarian aid, prepared in accordance with the needs” reported by the Colombian authorities.
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“We will remain attentive to the evolution of the emergency and, if our Colombian brothers need any other type of support, we will be ready to provide it. Our prayers are with the families of the victims, with the injured, and with all the Colombian people. May God bless and protect Colombia,” he added.
The death toll from the powerful earthquake rose to 181, as reported this Tuesday by the President of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, a figure that contrasts with the at least 240 deaths counted by the authorities of the most affected departments.
“At this moment we have 181 dead nationwide, 2,595 injured, 195 missing, 1,136 destroyed homes, 48 collapsed buildings, 8,357 damaged homes, and 807 educational centers also damaged,” the president told journalists in Pereira, capital of the Risaralda department and one of the cities affected by the earthquake.
The tremor, which occurred at 07:34 local time (12:34 GMT), had its epicenter in the town of San José del Palmar, in the department of Chocó, on the border with Valle del Cauca and Risaralda, the regions where there were the most victims and damage.
The most affected department is Valle del Cauca, with 130 deaths, of which 95 were recorded in Cali, its capital, and another 35 in the other municipalities of the area.
