After two days of searching, they found the girl, then 10 years old, in the worst possible way. Oh, how sad.

Body of 10-Year-Old Dulce Vic­to­ria Found in Ler­ma Riv­er

After two days of intense search­ing, the body of 10-year-old Dulce Vic­to­ria, who fell into the Ler­ma Riv­er on Thurs­day, was found Sat­ur­day morn­ing, leav­ing the Sala­man­ca com­mu­ni­ty in mourn­ing.

In an offi­cial state­ment, the Sala­man­ca Munic­i­pal Gov­ern­ment con­firmed the news: “The body of a 10-year-old girl who fell into the Ler­ma Riv­er in the com­mu­ni­ty of Pitayo was found this Sat­ur­day morn­ing.”

“The Munic­i­pal Gov­ern­ment deeply regrets this painful out­come and express­es its sol­i­dar­i­ty with the fam­i­ly, reaf­firm­ing its com­mit­ment to respond with respon­si­bil­i­ty and human­i­ty in any com­mu­ni­ty cri­sis,” the state­ment added.

The dis­cov­ery marks the end of a des­per­ate search that began when emer­gency ser­vices were alert­ed around 3:15 p.m. on June 12. A young boy had been spot­ted cling­ing to a tree in the riv­er. He was res­cued and told author­i­ties that he and Dulce were play­ing when they both entered the water. While he held onto the tree, Dulce was swept away.

Search and res­cue efforts were swift and involved mul­ti­ple agen­cies. Thanks were extend­ed to Libo­rio Vázquez and the Sala­man­ca Res­cue Brigade, as well as teams from Ira­pu­a­to, Pueblo Nue­vo, and Huaní­maro, along with div­ing units, fire­fight­ers, Red Cross per­son­nel, and Civ­il Pro­tec­tion forces.

Dulce’s trag­ic pass­ing has left a deep impact on her com­mu­ni­ty. As Sala­man­ca grieves, many have come togeth­er to sup­port her fam­i­ly and hon­or the life of a young girl lost far too soon.