Abelardo de la Espriella visits Pereira, one of the cities most affected by the earthquake in Colombia

De la Espriella arrived in Pereira after passing through Cali last night, capital of Valle del Cauca, another of the departments affected by the earthquake and where there are at least 130 deaths, according to the balance of different regional authorities due to the delay of the national government in updating the figures.

Previously, the president traveled to Quibdó, capital of the department of Chocó, where the municipality of San José del Palmar is located, the epicenter of the earthquake recorded at 7:34 local time (12:34 GMT), after installing a command post in Bogotá to deal with the emergency.