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The tragedy that claimed the life of Julio Escobar luckily did not result in additional deaths, but the flash floods that spread over the Cayo District on Christmas Eve left dozens of tourists stranded upriver from Caves Branch. The tourist and their guides had also gone out on an expedition – their choice was the Aktun Tunichil Muknal or ATM caves. And they too were surprised by rapidly rising rivers with no rain in the immediate area in the preceding days. But the rains over the hills emptied into the creeks and rivers that stretch across the western portion of Belize. Oscar Carbajal and Francisco Reymundo said Christmas Eve was a regular day to take a tour out. And then, like Julio Escobar, they met a raging river.
