NITEROI, Brazil — A Brazilian hiker who died after falling from the ridge of a volcano in Indonesia was buried on Friday in Rio de Janeiro state.
Juliana Marins’ physique arrived in Brazil on Tuesday, every week after authorities confirmed her demise. Her household has accused Indonesian authorities of negligence and delays within the rescue and repatriation course of.
On June 21, the 26-year-old vacationer started summiting on Mount Rinjani, an energetic 3,726-meter (12,224-foot) volcano on the Indonesian island of Lombok, with a information and 5 different foreigners, when she fell about 600 meters (almost 2,000 toes), Indonesian authorities mentioned.
Indonesian rescuers retrieved her physique on June 25. Authorities confirmed her demise on Tuesday after the rescuers reached and examined the physique, which was discovered utilizing a thermal drone after 4 days of intensive searches sophisticated by terrain and climate. The retrieval took at the very least 5 hours due to the rocky and steep terrain and foggy climate.
Hundreds of thousands of individuals in Brazil adopted the rescue efforts. Indonesian authorities and the rescuer workforce met with Marins’ household to elucidate the method.
Mount Rinjani, Indonesia’s second-tallest peak, is a well-liked vacation spot for trekkers.
Manoel Marins, the hiker’s father, advised reporters on the burial in her hometown of Niteroi that what occurred to his daughter was “a matter of disregard for human life,” blaming what he referred to as Indonesia’s “precarious public companies.”
“Sadly, it’s a vacationer vacation spot — recognized worldwide, a rustic that will depend on tourism to outlive,” he mentioned. “It ought to have higher infrastructure, higher sources to rescue individuals.”
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