First conclusions about Julen: 71 meters drop "free and fast" – 26/01/2019

The Spanish government has announced the first information about what happened to Julen. The deputy delegate of the Andalusian government, Alfonso Rodríguez Gómez, claimed that the two-year-old boy had fallen "free and fast" and that he had been found 71 meters underground, in the well where he had fallen Sunday, January 13 in a mountainous area of ​​Totalán, Málaga.

"The position of the body determines that it was a free fall, fast, up to 71 meters, the level in which he was found, "Gómez explained this Saturday at a press conference a few hours after the rescue team found the body of the child, who was covered with earth.

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One of the badumptions made by the Spanish Government is that during the same period he was removing material from the walls well, which were "very imperfect, very sandy," according to the manager. Rodríguez Gómez also confirmed on Saturday that the first autopsy data.

He also indicated that there are "various theories" regarding the "plug" of air that was found in the well when they entered with a probe probe, but that there is no certainty. He explained that he could act from the space between the feet and the child's head.

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He further badured to be certain that this had been done "everything that is human and technically possible" in the rescue tasks of the child that he defined as a "colossal mission".

Julen's body was found in the early hours of Spanish dawn at 1:25 am (0025 GMT), after almost 13 days of intensive search. 300 people worked during the operation and it was the largest of its kind in the history of Spain.

The baby fell into a well 25 centimeters in diameter and 107 meters deep, which had been drilled for drilling water and had been discovered.

At the conference, the manager thanked all the members of the operation for their work and regretted the sad end of a "obstacle course" in which the mountain, in which 85,000 tons of earth were moved, "seemed to defend itself".

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He also drew attention to all the people who have an illegal well in Spain. He asked to be sealed for this "tragedy like this will not happen again".

At the same time, he informed that they began to cover the well with a steel sheet of 600 kilos and that the intention is to seal it completely when it is authorized by the judicial authority. They want to do the same thing with the second hole, which they did to save the baby.

The deputy delegate of Andalusia was not the only Spanish authority to offer his condolences. President Pedro Sánchez and King Felipe VI made a public statement. "All Spain joins the infinite sadness of Julen's family, we have followed closely every step of his way to join him, we will always appreciate the tireless efforts of those who have sought it during all these days, my support and affection for his parents and loved ones. ", Sánchez on Twitter. King Philip VI expressed his "deepest sorrow" and his "most sincere condolences to the whole family of Julen". His wife, Letizia, had been very worried during the rescue operation and, during the first days of the search, she had called the mayor of Totalán to inquire about the situation.

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The reaction of parents

Julen's parents were present throughout the rescue operation. had all of Spain in suspense. The couple had suffered two years ago the loss of another three-year-old son, who died suddenly. Friday, at the end of the research, they decided to stay in Totalán to wait for the results with the organizers and representatives of the Spanish government.

According to a photographer from the AFP agency, when the tragic result was known, Julen's father shouted "No, still no!", While the mother shouted and asked the authorities to hold the press away .