She was the 17-year-old girl who was killed by a clandestine gunpowder sale explosion in Sincelejo.

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A recent report by the National Institute of Health of Colombia (INS) reveals that, since the beginning of the decembrina festivities, 574 people have suffered gunpowder burns in the country, of which 200 are minors.This figure exceeds 543 injured in the same period of the previous year.Unfortunately, the first death by gunpowder manipulation in the country has been confirmed on Christmas Eve: a 17-year-old girl from Sincelejo, Sucre.The INS hig…

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Colombia recorded its first death by gunpowder in 2024 after the death of a 17-year-old girl in Sincelejo, while the number of injured, especially minors, continues to rise alarmingly. Disturbing figures According to the National Institute of Health (INS), 574 cases of gunpowder injuries have already been reported so far this year, 200 of which correspond to minors.The departments of Antioquia, Bogotá, Norte de Santander and Atlántico concentrat…

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Brenda Velásquez Iriarte, 17, lost the battle with death after eight days of an explosion of gunpowder in her home in the El Sinai neighborhood of Sincelejo, resulting in burns in one hundred percent of her body. She was initially attended at the Santa Maria clinic and then transferred to Montería for high-complexity care, but her body did not endure the wounds received and died on Christmas Eve. Allegedly, in the house where Brenda Velásquez Ir…

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The victim fought for her life for several days, but she did not resist the injuries she suffered throughout her body.