Colombia: Rescue teams race to reach survivors after quake strikes Pereira.

Shotlist Pereira, Colombia - Aug 11, 2026 1. SOUDBITE (English) Michelle Begue, correspondent, China Media Group (CMG): "I'm in Pereira, a city that has been very much affected by this earthquake. Here we've had the biggest casualties right in the beginning, in the first 24 hours. We drove about six hours from the city of Medellin to get here. We got here about midnight. We've been here for about two hours, spoken to many different citizens, women, men who are from this city who are trying to help. And basically, we have a lot of people collaborating. A business is donating the heavy machinery. We have police, Colombian police officers who are helping, trying to coordinate and tell them when to go in and when to come out. Volunteers, common citizens who are going in with buckets and trying to remove rubble. And basically, since it is the first 24 hours, we haven't even gotten to the first 24 hours because this earthquake was at 07:30, local time. It's vital to try to find survivors, and they do believe that there may be a mother and a child under this rubble. We're told that this was -- we've got to move a little bit -- so basically, they're moving this rubble in order to get to this area. What we know is that this was a five-story [building], possibly a hotel is what they've said. There was a pharmacy and a bakery, as well. And five people were rescued earlier -- we're going to move a little bit over here -- earlier today, half a block away. So there's a lot of hope that people can still find survivors. We've seen scenes like in Venezuela where common citizens are just here to help. We interviewed a mother and a daughter who came, brought food, were moved by this show of citizenship, of brotherhood, and came back with more food. And they say they hope to continue doing this as we move [along]." [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]