Family extend gratitude despite search for Brazilian tourist in Indonesia ending in heartache
In a heartbreaking end to an international rescue effort on Tuesday, 26-year-old Brazilian tourist Juliana Marins was found dead after falling from the ridge of Indonesia's Mount Rinjani, where she had been trapped for nearly four days.
The young backpacker, who had been travelling in Southeast Asia, was summiting the 3,726m active volcano on Lombok Island on Saturday with a local guide and five other foreigners when she fell about 600m from a steep ridge.
Though initial reports indicated she survived the fall and rescuers had heard her cries for help, treacherous weather conditions and extreme terrain made it difficult for rescuers.
On Tuesday Indonesian rescue authorities confirmed Marins' body was found beside a crater, located with the aid of a thermal drone, and despite the efforts of a 50-person rescue team, the operation concluded in tragedy.
'Today [Tuesday] the rescue team managed to reach the place where Juliana was. With great sadness we inform you she did not survive. We remain grateful for the prayers, messages of affection and support we have received,' her family said.
Juliana had been backpacking through Thailand and Vietnam before arriving in Indonesia. Her father Manoel Marins Filho shared a tribute online, remembering her vibrant spirit and fierce independence.
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Family extend gratitude despite search for Brazilian tourist in Indonesia ending in heartache
'Juju my beauty, my treasure, my daughter, my love, you have always been very special. Silly, restless, with a beautiful smile and an enormous will to live intensely. You said you'd take care of us in our old age, though I told you it wasn't necessary, you should live your life,' he wrote. 'When I asked you if you wanted us to give you some money to help with the trip you said never and so you travelled with your own resources earned as a result of your labour. How happy you were realising that dream, and how happy we are with your happiness. You left doing what you loved most and that comforts our hearts a little. 'Make your presence remarkable in the lives of those who have had the privilege to know and walk with you and especially in my heart, your mother's and your sisters'. Meet again one day and do that paragliding flight we were planning for your birthday,' he said. Her aunt, Elielte Marins, echoed the family's grief while recognising the global outpouring of support and solidarity that followed Juliana's fall. 'My niece was much more than a rescue operation; it demonstrated a celebration of the human capacity for empathy, solidarity, unity in times of tragedy and adversity. We count on the help of professional volunteer mountaineers, who did not take into account risking their own lives in an inhospitable, dangerous place and for someone they don't know,' she said. While Mount Rinjani is a popular destination for hikers and tourists, it is also known for its dangers, as last month a Malaysian tourist died on the same volcano. Juliana's family raised concern that the trail remained open, even after she fell. Authorities said fog and rain complicated the search efforts, delaying a swift response that may have saved her life. TimesLIVE
TimesLIVE
a day ago
- TimesLIVE
Family extend gratitude despite search for Brazilian tourist in Indonesia ending in heartache
In a heartbreaking end to an international rescue effort on Tuesday, 26-year-old Brazilian tourist Juliana Marins was found dead after falling from the ridge of Indonesia's Mount Rinjani, where she had been trapped for nearly four days. The young backpacker, who had been travelling in Southeast Asia, was summiting the 3,726m active volcano on Lombok Island on Saturday with a local guide and five other foreigners when she fell about 600m from a steep ridge. Though initial reports indicated she survived the fall and rescuers had heard her cries for help, treacherous weather conditions and extreme terrain made it difficult for rescuers. On Tuesday Indonesian rescue authorities confirmed Marins' body was found beside a crater, located with the aid of a thermal drone, and despite the efforts of a 50-person rescue team, the operation concluded in tragedy. 'Today [Tuesday] the rescue team managed to reach the place where Juliana was. With great sadness we inform you she did not survive. We remain grateful for the prayers, messages of affection and support we have received,' her family said. Juliana had been backpacking through Thailand and Vietnam before arriving in Indonesia. Her father Manoel Marins Filho shared a tribute online, remembering her vibrant spirit and fierce independence.
Eyewitness News
3 days ago
- Eyewitness News
Brazilian found dead after fall at Indonesia volcano
A Brazilian tourist who fell down a ravine at an Indonesian volcano popular with hikers has been found dead, the Brazilian government and Indonesia's rescue agency said Tuesday, after a days-long search and rescue effort. Attempts to evacuate Juliana Marins, 26, who went missing on Saturday at Mount Rinjani on Lombok island, were hindered by challenging weather and terrain after authorities spotted her unmoving body with a drone. "The Brazilian government informs, with deep sadness, the death of the Brazilian tourist Juliana Marins, who had fallen from a cliff surrounding the trail near the crater of Mount Rinjani," the Brazilian foreign ministry said in a statement. "At the end of four days of work, hindered by adverse weather, terrain, and visibility conditions in the region, teams from the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency found the body of the Brazilian tourist." Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he received the news of Marins' death "with great sadness." "Our diplomatic and consular services in Indonesia will continue to provide full support to her family at this time of great pain," Lula said in a post on X. The head of Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency, Mohammad Syafii, said rescuers would evacuate her body on Wednesday morning because of bad weather. "One of the rescuers managed to reach the victim at the depth of 600 metres. Upon checking, there were no signs of life," he told reporters. "Three rescuers got closer to the victim and confirmed she has died." An Instagram account providing updates from the Marins family throughout the search effort also said Marins was found unresponsive on Tuesday. "Today, the rescue team managed to reach the place where Juliana Marins was. With great sadness, we inform you that she did not survive," the account, which amassed more than 1.5 million followers since Marins went missing, wrote in a post on Tuesday evening. "We remain very grateful for all the prayers, messages of affection and support that we have received." Marins' last posts on Instagram show her backpacking around Thailand and Vietnam before reaching Indonesia. Lombok is a tourist destination known for its idyllic beaches and lush greenery, and many try to climb Rinjani, Indonesia's second-tallest volcano, for its panoramic views. In 2018 hundreds of hikers and guides became stranded by landslides on the mountain after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the island. At least 17 were killed across the island, including one on the mountain.
