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Spain narrows missing nationals to 75 after Colombia quake, pledges €1 million aid

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Spain has narrowed the number of its citizens unaccounted for to 75 following the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck Colombia's Pacific coast on Monday, Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said Wednesday, confirming no Spanish deaths or injuries among the nearly 60,000 registered expatriates. The figure is down from 164 earlier reported missing, as consular teams in Bogotá and a crisis unit at the ministry continued outreach.

The quake has killed at least 181 people and injured 2,600 across Chocó, Valle del Cauca, Caldas, Quindío and Risaralda, President Abelardo De La Espriella's government reported.

Madrid is mobilizing an initial €1 million through the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation for shelter materials, water and sanitation kits, medicines and medical personnel. Meanwhile, Telefónica enabled free calls and SMS from Spain to Colombia and subsidized roaming to ease communication. Separately, Albares noted that 56 Spaniards remain confirmed dead and 136 missing from a separate earthquake in Venezuela.

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efe.com ESP El Gobierno cifra en 164 los españoles sin localizar en Colombia tras el terremoto - EFEeuronews.com España busca a 164 españoles tras el terremoto de Colombiaeuropapress.es ESP Exteriores reduce a 75 los españoles sin localizar en el terremoto de Colombia, sin constar fallecidos ni heridos
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elmundo.es ESP España reduce a 75 los españoles sin localizar en el terremoto de Colombia, sin constar fallecidos ni heridoslavanguardia.com ESP Exteriores reduce a 75 los españoles desaparecidos en el terremoto de Colombia

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