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Imagen alusiva a la búsqueda del soldado hallado con vida en la vereda Las Palmas, en Antioquia. · Erick Prometeo Media

Andrés Casterbondo found alive after six days missing in Antioquia

Professional soldier Andrés Casterbondo Macías was found alive in the Las Palmas hamlet, in Antioquia, after remaining missing for six days following an attack…

--- The context --- For the family of Andrés Casterbondo Macías, the six days that passed since October 18 were filled with complete uncertainty. No one knew whether the professional soldier was wounded, held, or lost in a rural area of Segovia, in northeastern Antioquia. During that time, according to the institution, his relatives received psychosocial and institutional support while troops sustained the search. --- The facts --- The First Division confirmed that on Saturday, October 24, the soldier was located in the Las Palmas hamlet, in Antioquia, during detailed registration and control work carried out by the troops taking part in his search. Images released by the Army show him alongside several of his companions after he was located. His disappearance had occurred in the Villa Severa hamlet, a rural area of Segovia, when troops from Rapid Deployment Force No. 9 were carrying out stability operations and were attacked with explosives launched from drones, an action military authorities attributed to Structure 37 of the Farc dissidents. --- The positions --- According to the First Division, the finding ended several days without information about what had happened to Casterbondo Macías. The institution reported that, after the disappearance became known, a search operation was activated with land and air operations, patrols and tracking work in the area where the attack had taken place. --- What remains unknown --- The institution has not explained how he managed to survive during the six days he remained missing, what route he took from the site of the attack to the point where he was found, or what his health conditions were at the moment he was found. Nor has it been established whether he remained alone throughout that time. --- Unanswered questions --- How did Casterbondo Macías manage to survive during the six days he remained missing? What route did he take from the Villa Severa hamlet to the Las Palmas hamlet? What is his health condition after being found and did he remain alone during that time? --- EPM analysis --- Protecting someone left isolated after an attack and supporting his family while there is no news should be as much a priority as the operation itself. In this case the search did not stop and support for the relatives was part of the response. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the most valuable part of this outcome is that a soldier returned alive and that his family stopped waiting without answers, after six days marked by uncertainty in a difficult area. The sustained search by land and by air, together with psychosocial support for the relatives, shows an obligation that cannot be secondary when a soldier disappears. Now his health must be cared for, his account heard calmly, and everything that happened explained transparently, without closing the case simply because the finding ended well.
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