# Veteran volunteer digs for survivors after Colombia quake

https://mins.news/en/item/21619

- Reuters, 2026-08-13 21:01 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/veteran-volunteer-digs-survivors-after-colombia-quake-2026-08-13/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a7e30aa325a7500012a9c15

> Julio Cesar Pineda, a lean volunteer just over 1.6 meters tall, believes he was meant to burrow into the rubble of collapsed buildings to search for survivors. He did so after an earthquake struck his native Colombia in 1999 and returned to the same work this week.

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