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HONDA, TOLIMA, COLOMBIA (NOV. 13, 2025) (ANADOLU-ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF SMALL BOATS WITH FACES OF MISSING CHILDREN FLOATING ON GUALI RIVER; BOATS BEFORE RELEASE; HUMAN CHAIN LOWERING BOATS TO RIVERBANK; FACE OF ONE OF THE MISSING CHILDREN

2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) FRANCISCO GONZALEZ, DIRECTOR OF NINOS PERDIDOS AND HISTORICAL MEMORY, SAYING:

“In 1985 there was an avalanche that wiped out an entire town. More than 25,000 people died. Many children were lost in that tragedy. Some were adopted through legal channels, others through irregular ones, and some were stolen. And we have always tried to make this investigation visible through artistic and visual actions.”

3. VARIOUS CLOSE SHOTS OF FACES OF THE MISSING AND PLASTIC SANDAL AMONG DEBRIS

4. POSTER READING “RETURN MY SON TO ME.”

5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) MAXIMO TORRES, RESIDENT OF HONDA SAYING:

“We heard the newscast… the Nevado del Ruiz had just erupted.”

6.VARIOUS OF GUALI RIVER; SODA BOTTLE CRATE DRAGGED BY AVALANCHE; HUMAN CHAIN LOWERING BOATS; WATER HITTING RIVERBANK; FAMILY MEMBER THROWING BOAT WITH MISSINGRELATIVE’S FACE

7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) MAXIMO TORRES, RESIDENT OF HONDA SAYING:

“And the river started to roar… panic took over. Here in Honda, it was the most frightening thing.”

8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) FRANCISCO GONZALEZ, DIRECTOR OF NINOS PERDIDOS AND HISTORICAL MEMORY, SAYING:

“We have an artistic intervention consisting of 580 boats with the photos of the children lost in the tragedy… symbolizing the adoptions that took place at that time.”

9. VARIOUS OF HIGH-ANGLE OF BOATS BEFORE BEING TAKEN TO RIVERBANK; BOATS FLOATING ON GUALÍ RIVER.

10. VARIOUS OF FACES OF THE MISSING

11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) FRANCISCO GONZALEZ, DIRECTOR OF NINOS PERDIDOS AND HISTORICAL MEMORY, SAYING:

“These whirlpools symbolize the adoptions that took place to many countries… please get in touch with the Armando Armero Foundation; the DNA test is free.”

12. VARIOUS OF BOATS FLOATING ON RIVER

13. VARIOUS OF FAMILY MEMBER ARRANGING BOATS; FACES OF MISSING

14. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) DIANA CIFUENTES, RESIDENT OF HONDA SAYING:

“We were already on alert… the town of Honda was affected —the economy, the businesses— everything was very affected. And from that, a ghost town appeared; the next day, it was a ghost town.”

15. VARIOUS OF GUALÍ RIVER; POSTERS READING “THE MEMORY THAT RESISTS – ARMERO 40 YEARS” AND FACES OF MISSING CHILDREN

16. VARIOUS OF RADIO RESCUED FROM AVALANCHE

17. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) FRANCISCO GONZALEZ, DIRECTOR OF NINOS PERDIDOS AND HISTORICAL MEMORY, SAYING:

“We’ve had four reunions through DNA… in our database today we have 580 minors reported by their families, and 71 adoptees we are cross-checking through DNA. We need another avalanche of reunions —no more avalanches or mudslides— and that’s why everyone must support these mothers and families.”

18. VARIOUS OF FACES OF THE MISSING

19. VARIOUS OF GUALÍ RIVER AND BOATS, INCLUDING SOME WITH FACES OF MISSING CHILDREN HONDA, TOLIMA, COLOMBIA - NOV. 13, 2025: Residents and families gathered in the municipality of Honda on Thursday, Nov. 13, to launch small boats bearing the faces of children who disappeared in the 1985 Armero disaster, as Colombia marked 40 years since the Nevado del Ruiz volcano eruption triggered a mudslide that buried the town and killed around 23,000 people.

The avalanche of mud, rocks and debris wiped out nearly the entire community of Armero Guayabal in the central department of Tolima, which then had between 25,000 and 29,000 residents.

Around 580 children went missing in the aftermath, many believed to have been separated from their families and taken into irregular adoptions in Colombia and abroad.

Relatives say the symbolic act is both a tribute and a renewed call for information that could help clarify the fate of the missing children.