Regional Director of the Administrative Department for the Prevention and Attention to Disasters John Freddy Rendon told that to the moment the rescuers have found 53 bodies, who were buried in a landslide in Bellon town of Antioquia department.

"Due to the pouring rains, the rescue work has been suspended several times", said Rendon.

A technical report said on December 9 that "the humidity and the rain waters supersaturated the soil in the area", which provoked the landslide.

On December 5, some 50,000 cubic meters of earth fell on the municipality of Bellon, burying between 30 and 50 homes which were occupied by between 124 and 145 people.