The physique of a Brazilian vacationer who fell down a ravine at an Indonesian volcano in style with hikers has been retrieved, Indonesia’s rescue company stated Wednesday.
It took rescuers not less than 5 hours to convey 26-year-old Juliana Marins again to her household as a result of efforts have been hindered by difficult climate and terrain. Marins went lacking on Saturday at Mount Rinjani on Lombok island.
Brazilian media and the girl’s household have recognized the stranded hiker as 26-year-old Juliana Marins.
Household Handout
“With this stretcher, it takes fairly a very long time,” stated Mohammad Syafii, head of Indonesia’s Nationwide Search and Rescue Company.
An Instagram account offering updates from the Marins household all through the time Juliana went lacking had amassed greater than 1.6 million followers. Hundreds of thousands in Brazil additionally adopted the rescue efforts. Indonesian authorities and the rescue staff met with Marins’ household to elucidate the method.
“It seems that the household may be very accepting of the state of affairs and situations confronted,” Syafii stated.
On this picture made out of AP video, an ambulance carrying the physique of Juliana Marins, a Brazilian hiker who fell a whole lot of meters from the ridge of a Mount Rinjani and was trapped there for days, leaves the workplace of Mount Rinjani Nationwide Park on the island of Lombok, Indonesia on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
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Following 4 days of intensive searches, authorities utilizing a thermal drone noticed Marins’ unmoving physique on Tuesday. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stated he acquired the information of her dying “with nice unhappiness.”
“Our diplomatic and consular companies in Indonesia will proceed to supply full assist to her household presently of nice ache,” Lula stated in a put up on X.
Officers earlier advised advised the Reuters information company that Marins was at a depth of about 500 toes when she was first situated, however had slipped to greater than 1,600 toes by Monday.
Gunung Rinjani Nationwide Park stated in a earlier social media put up that rescue groups used thermal drones, mountaineering gear and a helicopter to succeed in the Brazilian.
Gunung Rinjani Nationwide Park stated that rescue groups used thermal drones, mountaineering gear and a helicopter.
Gunung Rinjani Nationwide Park
Authorities stated rescuers on Saturday had heard Marins’ screams for assist on the time, CBS Information accomplice community BBC Information reported.
Marins’ final posts on Instagram present her backpacking round Thailand and Vietnam earlier than reaching Indonesia.
Lombok island is a vacationer vacation spot identified for its idyllic seashores and luxurious greenery, and lots of attempt to climb Rinjani, Indonesia’s second-tallest volcano, for its panoramic views.
In 2018, a whole lot of hikers and guides grew to become stranded by landslides on the mountain after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the island. At the very least 17 have been killed throughout the island, together with one on the mountain.