This was the rescue of the body of Julia Horn, the German tourist who died on a hill in San Juan

At 8:17 p.m. on Monday, late at night, the rescuers managed to reach where the body of the woman was. German tourist Julia Horn (19) and take him down on a stretcher to the emergency camp at the base of Tres Marías Hill, to transfer him to the judicial morgue in the city of San Juan.

Julia, who was in Argentina for a student exchange, had disappeared on Thursday, May 23, when she traveled on a bus to go trekking, and was found dead on Monday around 1:00 p.m.

The prosecution’s main hypothesis is that it was an accidental fall, into a ravine about 30 meters high.

Poor weather conditions last Thursday, with cold and fog, may have affected your visibility. It is presumed that the young woman He confused the path and fell into the ravine.

She had gone out alone to walk on the Tres Marías hill circuit. Her body was found 12 kilometers away, near the El Zonda racetrack.

Around 1pm on Monday, confirmation came that the police helicopter had found the body. Everything matched Julia.

His parents Peter and Christine They had just arrived from Germany to San Juan to collaborate with the search, when the prosecutor informed them of the discovery.

The members of the Geras Group of the San Jua Police, the mountaineers of the Club Andino Mercedario and the Gendarmería participated in the operation to rescue the body, all coordinated by the UFI Special Crimes headed by prosecutor Iván Grassi.

The body was located in a hole, about 30 meters below the path, located in the upper part of the hill, more than 1,100 meters high.

The rescuers planned anchoring work with ropes and harnesses because the site is dangerous, since there have been three other deaths in recent years.

This Tuesday it will start the autopsy in the city of San Juan to determine if it was an accidental death, as is the main hypothesis of the prosecution.

Before her visit to San Juan, the student came from visiting Santiago del Estero and Catamarca. She had planned to stay in San Juan until Sunday, May 26.

This Monday he was going to stay at a family’s house in Godoy Cruz, Gran Mendoza. She was going to stay a week. “He planned to disseminate the YFU NGO and support the different local delegations with his experience,” the organization said.

The travel plan included Patagonia, always in contact with the different Youth for Understanding (YFU) delegations, along with the volunteer groups.

EMJ