Julen's body was covered with earth 71 meters deep and he will now proceed to an autopsy.

The miracle that everyone was expecting did not happen. After a gigantic operation that lasted about 13 days, the authorities found the body of Julen Roselló, the two-year-old boy fallen into a well, about 71 meters deep.

At a press conference, the Deputy Government Delegate in the Spanish region of Andalusia (south), Alfonso Rodríguez Gómez, also explained that the child was rushing to the well. in a "fast and free" way.

"The position of the body determines that Julen suffered a free fall of 71 meters until he touches a dirt floor, "he said.

The official indicated that he is already undergoing an autopsy and that the first results will be announced throughout the day.

The body of the boy was found at dawn, around 01:25, after a gigantic operation during which a Team of 300 people They carried out a colossal civil engineering work without precedent in Spain.

Since last January 13, the boy was trapped in a tunnel 25 cm in diameter and 107 meters deep drilled to perform water probes.

Rodríguez Gómez said that he was certain that it has become "all that is human and technically possible" in the rescue tasks of the child that he defined as a "colossal mission".

He therefore thanked all the members of the organization for their work and regretted the sad end of an "obstacle course" in which the mountain "seemed to defend itself from work".

The teams first had to dig a horizontal tunnel that led them to where Julen was and then dig in by hand about 4 meters separating them from the baby. Because of the hardness of the rock, they even had to perform four "microvoladuras" with explosives to defeat the rock.

The rescue of little Julen kept all of Spain in suspense. The country now seek to comfort you to the parents and relatives of the child, especially the inhabitants of Totalán, a town in the Andalusian province of Málaga where the tragedy took place.

The couple suffered two years ago the loss of another three-year-old son, who died suddenly.

After the death, the first reactions began to be known, including the King's House, which expressed its "deepest pain" and its "deeper meaning" to the whole family of Julen.

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, also joined the condolences. "All Spain joins the infinite sadness of Julen's family, we have followed closely all the steps to join him, we will always appreciate the tireless efforts of those who have looked for it all. throughout these days, my support and affection for his parents and loved ones. "he wrote in a tweet.