Solid farewell to Julen, the baby who died after falling into a well in Spain – 27/01/2019

Hundreds of people said goodbye to Julen, the two-year-old Spanish baby died after falling in a well in Totalán (Málaga), South of Spain, January 13th.

The neighbors of El Palo, the city where the little one lived with his parents and the rest of his family, accompanied the coffin to the cemetery where he was later buried in a climate of intimacy.

Previously, a religious ceremony was held in the local church.

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The body of the child was found Saturday at dawn, covered with soil at 71 meters deep.

The first autopsy data revealed that the boy He suffered from polytrauma by falling on the wellthat his arms were raised and that he presented erosions compatible with the friction of the fall.

The reason why he was covered with earth this is one of the aspects that will have to determine the open investigation in order to clarify the circumstances of the event.

Depending on the position in which the body was found, it is thought that it fell "fast and free" up to 71 meters, Where the well had been filled with earth, excavated to make the water resound, which originally had a depth of about 110 meters and a diameter of 25 centimeters.

Various theories are being examined about the grounding that has covered it and that first prevented it from reaching it, and one of the most likely badumptions is that During the fall of the child, the earth collapsed coming from the walls of the well.

There will also be clarify the circumstances under which the fall occurred of the child, since the businessman who punched the conduit badured the police in his statement that he had sealed the hole, but someone later discovered it.

After the discovery of Julen's body, the well was covered with a 600 kg steel sheet and the intention of the authorities is to fill it and to seal it, like the parallel vertical tunnel dug to save him, when the judicial authority allows it.

Through this parallel tunnel went down the eight miners who accepted where the little one was.

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All said at a press conference in the city of Oviedo (Asturias, northern Spain) that they were "overwhelmed" and "wanted to resume the routine".

"Normally, we work with respect to anonymity and this has upset us, and today we are tired and trying to recover life," said group spokesman Sergio Tuñón.

Tuñón, in addition, He said that they did their job the best they could and that, although they would have liked a different end, they fulfilled their obligation "without being heroes".

Agencia EFE