Brazilian tourist found dead after falling from an Indonesian volcano
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Tourist Confirmed Dead After Falling Into Active Volcano
Juliana Marins, 26, was climbing Mount Rinjani, on the island of Lombok, with a group and tour guide when she plummeted 1,600 feet into the volcano. She miraculously survived the slide down the mountain, and teams monitored her through drone footage as they launched rescue efforts. Marins was stuck on the mountain for three days as rescuers rushed to retrieve her. Her family accused the Indonesian government of creating a fake video of her rescue and falsely claiming that Marins had been given food and water after 17 hours. Authorities denied the claims, adding that rescue efforts were hampered by the rough terrain and poor weather. The mountain, the second tallest in Indonesia, is a popular tourist destination but is a deadly place to hike, and authorities say trekkers need to be thoroughly prepared in order to ascend. The trek takes about five days, and it took authorities four days to retrieve a Portuguese man who fell to his death just last month.
The family of Juliana Marins, 26, confirmed her death on Tuesday morning.
“Today, the rescue team managed to reach the place where Juliana Marins was,” they said. “With great sadness, we inform you that she did not survive. We remain very grateful for all the prayers, messages of affection and support that we have received.”
Marins, who was traveling around Southeast Asia from her native Brazil, was climbing Mount Rinjani, on the island of Lombok, with a group and tour guide when she plummeted 1,600 feet into the volcano.
She miraculously survived the slide down the mountain, and teams monitored her through drone footage as they launched rescue efforts. On Saturday, rescuers heard screams for help.
Marins was stuck on the mountain, motionless, for three days as rescuers rushed to retrieve her. But she continued to slip further into the volcano, and initial attempts to reach her via helicopter were called off due to thick fog.
Marins’ family panicked as the teams kept getting closer before suddenly being pulled back.
“A whole day and they advanced only 250 meters below, there were 350 meters left to reach Juliana, and they retreated,” her family said in a statement on Instagram. “Once again! Another day! We need help, we need the rescue to reach Juliana urgently!”
Authorities prepared Tuesday to reach Marins, equipped with 6,500 feet of rope and a helicopter. Muhamad Hariyadi, the head of the search and rescue office in the nearby city, told The New York Times that the operation was “very risky.”
Sadly, Marins did not make it. The young woman’s family, who said they learned about the disaster through social media, said Marins “got very tired” during her hike and asked her guide “to stop for a while.” But the guide decided to continue without her.
She spent about an hour resting alone before slipping sometime around sunrise.
“She didn’t know where to go,” her sister said. “She didn’t know what to do. When the guide came back because he saw that she was taking too long, he saw that she had fallen down there.”
Her family added that Indonesian rescue workers were originally unprepared to reach her. They also accused the Indonesian government of creating a fake video of her rescue and falsely claiming that Marins had been given food and water after 17 hours. Hariyadi denied the claims, adding that rescue efforts were hampered by the rough terrain and poor weather.
Mount Rinjani is an active volcano in Lombok, Indonesia. Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images
Marins’ last hours before her fall were spent in frustration. She and another tourist who had become a friend had completed the first part of the trail but were unable to see the view from the top, which was fogged in.
“We did it for the view,” Marins said in a video that she sent to family and friends.
Her companion on the trail, Italian tourist Federica Matricardi, was also frustrated by the lack of a panorama.
“I met Juliana the day before the trip,” she said. “We were both traveling alone. We walked all the way to the top. It was very difficult.”
Mount Rinjani is Indonesia’s second-highest volcano at 12,000 feet. It is a well-frequented tourist destination and known for its sunrise views and thrilling scenes of the wilderness below. It is spectacularly beautiful, complete with a deep blue volcanic lake sitting within the caldera, about 6,500 feet above sea level.
The mountain, the second tallest in Indonesia, is a popular tourist destination. Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images
But despite the stunning sights, it is a deadly place to hike. The journey takes about five days, and Indonesian authorities say trekkers need to be thoroughly prepared in order to ascend. A Malaysian man died after falling down the mountain just last month. In 2022, a Portuguese man also fell to his death and it took authorities four days to retrieve him.
The team looking for Marins said they saw a glimpse of light from a flashlight while searching for the young hiker. But the visibility was poor and the fog prevented them from seeing anything clearly.
Brazilian Tourist Found Dead After Falling off Indonesian Volcano
Juliana Marins, 26, was hiking with a group of friends and a guide up Mount Rinjani when she slipped and fell from a cliff near the crater. She initially survived the fall, as rescuers could hear her cries for help. However, search and rescue teams were unable to locate her after descending 300 meters to where they believed she had landed. On Thursday, they announced that she had been found unresponsive. Recovery efforts are expected to continue on Wednesday morning. Mount Rinjanji is the second-tallest volcano in Indonesia and attracts thousands of visitors and tourists each year.
Juliana Marins, 26, had been backpacking through Vietnam and Thailand before traveling to Indonesia. On Saturday, she was hiking with a group of friends and a guide up Mount Rinjani, the country’s second-highest volcano, when she slipped and fell from a cliff near the crater.
One group member told reporters that the steep trail was slippery and difficult to climb. Visibility was also poor in the area.
Marins initially survived the fall, as rescuers could hear her cries for help.
Drone footage captured by other hikers in the area, which has since been shared online, also showed her alive and in distress, sitting on the ground below a hiking trail.
Despite this, search and rescue teams were unable to locate her after descending 300 meters to where they believed she had landed.
She did not respond to their calls, and thick fog rolled in, further complicating efforts and preventing the use of thermal drones.
By Sunday morning, drone footage showed that Marins was no longer in the spot where she had last been seen.
On Monday, rescuers finally located her again. This time, she had fallen even further down the cliff. However, due to worsening weather conditions, they were forced to suspend the rescue operation.
The search resumed the following day, and rescuers were quickly able to pinpoint Marins’ location. Upon reaching her, however, they found that she showed no signs of life.
Three additional rescue members approached the victim and also confirmed that she was deceased.
According to the search and rescue agency, her body was discovered approximately 600 meters down a ravine.
Poor weather conditions, however, prevented rescuers from retrieving her remains. Recovery efforts are expected to continue on Wednesday morning.
A total of 50 people took part in the operation, said Mohammed Syaffi, who led the rescue team.
During the rescue effort, Marins’ family launched an Instagram account to share updates, which quickly gained over 1.5 million followers. On Thursday, they announced that she had been found unresponsive.
In a subsequent post, they wrote that she did not survive. However, they said they remained grateful for everyones’ prayers and support that they had received.
Mount Rinjanji, the second-tallest volcano in Indonesia at 3,726 meters, attracts thousands of visitors and tourists each year.
In recent years, however, several people have lost their lives attempting to climb it. Just last month, a visitor from Malaysia died while hiking up the mountain.
In 2018, hundreds of visitors and guides also lost their lives after becoming stranded by landslides on the mountain after a 6.4 earthquake hit th eisland.
Outrage Grows As Tourist’s Final Post Goes Viral Days After She Was Abandoned In Active Volcano
Brazilian tourist Juliana Marins, 26, lost her life while trapped on Mount Rinjani in Indonesia. She was stranded for four days in a ravine after falling during a hike. Despite being spotted alive by a drone, help came too late. Her last Instagram post, shared before the tragedy, is flooded with grief, disbelief, and fury, as friends and strangers mourn her passing.Juliana had been backpacking solo through Asia since February, exploring the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand. She opted to hike Mount RinJani, an active volcano located on the island of Lombok. The volcano is a popular but perilous trekking destination for tourists, and Juliana was reportedly left behind by her guide and fellow hikers when she showed signs of fatigue. Yet there remains little oversight on rescue efforts for tourist incidents, according to G1, the company that owns G1. The company has reportedly seen eight de*ths and 180* years and 180 injuries in the past five years, but no deaths.
Juliana, 26, was stranded for four days in a ravine after falling during a hike. Despite being spotted alive by a drone, help came too late. She passed away before rescue teams could reach her.
Now, her last post, shared before the tragedy, is flooded with grief, disbelief, and fury, as friends and strangers mourn her passing.
Juliana’s final social media interaction with her friend makes the incident even more tragic
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Before the tragedy, Juliana posted a peaceful carousel of selfies from her hike. She was smiling, radiant, and just glowing with joy.
Her short caption for the post read, “never try never fly.”
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In the comments, a best friend wrote: “Goddess of my life. I’m not ready to exist without you around.”
Juliana replied playfully: “Friend STOP!!!!! You’ll blink and I’ll be right back.”
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But days later, after Juliana had gone silent, her friend returned with a heart-wrenching follow-up comment: “I just blinked, friend. Come back to me, come back?”
That comment has since gone viral, echoing the heartbreak netizens felt across Brazil and beyond.
Juliana was allegedly left behind by her guide and fellow hikers when she showed signs of fatigue
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Juliana had been backpacking solo through Asia since February, exploring the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand, before arriving in Indonesia.
She opted to hike Mount Rinjani, an active volcano located on the island of Lombok. The volcano is a popular but perilous trekking destination for tourists.
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According to her family, Juliana began showing signs of fatigue during her group hike.
Rather than helping her, the guide and her fellow hikers reportedly abandoned her and continued trekking to the summit.
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Juliana later slipped and fell over 300 meters into a ravine.
She survived the fall, and just hours later, tourists flying a drone captured footage of her alive, waving for help.
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The drone footage reached her family in Brazil, and it provided some hope that she would be rescued. Unfortunately, that was not to be the case.
Juliana’s rescue proved difficult, and her family claims that they were misled
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While Juliana was confirmed to be alive in the drone footage, conflicting reports soon spread online.
Some claimed she was rescued and was receiving food, but her family stated that these claims were a lie.
“All the videos that were made are lies, including the one of the rescue team reaching her. The video was forged to look like that,” her sister Mariana told the media.
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According to The Independent, rescue teams struggled to reach Juliana due to heavy fog, worsening weather, and treacherous terrain.
Rescuers reportedly spotted Juliana as recently as Monday, and she was reportedly still alive then.
The rescuers, however, were reportedly forced to retreat due to bad weather conditions.
Grief about Juliana’s passing has turned to fury across social media
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Juliana’s story, particularly the timeline of her final days, has triggered a wave of outrage online.
“She asked for help. She screamed. And silence was all she received in response,” one post on X read.
“Juliana didn’t d*e in the fall. She d**d in abandonment. She fell from a cliff, was seen alive by drones, but spent days waiting for a rescue that never came,” another X user wrote.
“Juliana didn’t d*e in the fall, but in the void between profit and rescue,” another commenter stated.
Mount Rinjani has reportedly seen eight de*ths and 180 injuries in the past five years, according to G1. Yet there remains little oversight on rescue preparedness for tourist incidents.
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Juliana’s father Manoel Marins also expressed his frustrations with Brazil’s embassy in Jakarta for not acting fast enough.
“She is a 26-year-old girl, a Brazilian citizen, and no one aside from family and friends cares,” he told TV Globo.
Juliana’s final post has become a digital vigil
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Juliana’s Instagram, which is filled with snapshots of her wanderlust, has become a digital shrine.
Beneath her final post, the comments keep growing. Some are love letters from friends, others are angry demands for accountability. Many come from complete strangers.
“In 26 years, you lived a much more complete life than most people will live in 100,” one commenter wrote.
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“I’m crying and I never met you.”
“May you be in an enlightened place, full of peace, happiness and joy!” another stated.
But no comment captures the emotional devastation quite like the one from her friend: “I just blinked, friend. Come back?”
Netizens mourned Juliana’s passing, with many stating that they were rooting for her possible rescue
Report suggests US strikes only set back Iran’s nuclear programme by months
The White House says the report is ‘a clear attempt to discredit’ the president. The report was released by the Defence Intelligence Agency. The agency is responsible for producing intelligence on foreign militaries. The White House said the report was ‘false’ and ‘inaccurate’ The report also claimed that Iran’s nuclear programme was not completely destroyed.
The early intelligence report issued by the Defence Intelligence Agency on Monday contradicts statements from Mr Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the status of Iran’s nuclear facilities.
According to people familiar with the situation, the report found that while the Saturday strikes at the Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites did significant damage, they were not totally destroyed.
The White House strongly pushed back on the assessment, calling it “flat-out wrong”.
“The leaking of this alleged assessment is a clear attempt to demean President Trump, and discredit the brave fighter pilots who conducted a perfectly executed mission to obliterate Iran’s nuclear programme,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
“Everyone knows what happens when you drop 14 30,000 pound bombs perfectly on their targets: total obliteration.”
The CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined to comment on the DIA assessment.
ODNI coordinates the work of the nation’s 18 intelligence agencies, including the DIA, which is the intelligence arm of the Defence Department, responsible for producing intelligence on foreign militaries and the capabilities of adversaries.
The intelligence assessment was first reported by CNN on Tuesday.
Brazilian tourist found dead after fall at Indonesia volcano
Juliana Marins, 26, went missing on Saturday at Mt Rinjani on Lombok island. Rescuers spotted her unmoving body with a drone. The head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency, Mohammad Syafii, said rescuers would evacuate her body on Wednesday.
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Tourist Juliana Marins has been found dead after she fell down a ravine at an Indonesian volcano popular with hikers. Photo / ajulianamarins
A Brazilian tourist who fell down a ravine at an Indonesian volcano popular with hikers has been found dead after a days-long search and rescue effort.
Attempts to evacuate Juliana Marins, 26, who went missing on Saturday at Mt Rinjani on Lombok island, were hindered by challenging weather and terrain after authorities spotted her unmoving body with a drone.
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.
An Instagram account providing updates from the Marins family throughout the search effort also said Marins was found unresponsive on Tuesday.