Colombian authorities are investigating the death of a young girl whose body was found Tuesday inside a sewer drain in the Juan José Rondón neighborhood, part of the Ciudad Bolívar district in southern Bogotá. Ciudad Bolívar is one of the city’s most densely populated and historically underserved areas, located in the hills on the capital’s southern edge.
The discovery came after neighbors called Colombia’s national emergency line, 123, to report finding a body inside a water drainage conduit. Police officers from the local CAI San Francisco station—a small neighborhood police post common throughout Bogotá—responded to the scene, along with firefighters and forensic investigators from the Attorney General’s Technical Investigation Unit (CTI), who carried out the recovery of the remains.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Carlos Torres, commander of the Ciudad Bolívar police station, the victim appears to be a girl between 10 and 12 years old. Her identity has not yet been made public, and investigators have not released any details about how she died or how long her body may have been in the drain.
Authorities have not confirmed whether the case is being treated as a homicide, and the investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death remains ongoing. For the full report and updates as they become available, read the original story at El Tiempo.
Source: Hallan el cuerpo de una menor de edad en una alcantarilla en Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá: autoridades investigan el caso (eltiempo.com). English version produced with AI assistance.
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