LA GRITA: Maria Villamizar feared the worst when she learned 16 people had vanished in Venezuela's mountain town of La Grita, a famous meeting point for Catholic pilgrims near the Colombia border.
More than 160 police officers aided by dogs and drones were deployed to find the group after they went missing on Aug 22, when they set off for a religious retreat, leaving their cell phones behind to avoid being disturbed. Officers searched for days in the mountains before announcing on Thursday that the group, which included a 20-day-old baby, had been located and were safe and sound on a farm called El Rodeo.Agents showed the group videos on their phones of locals expressing concern about them, said Yesnardo Canal, a local police officer.
"Everywhere you went" in the town, people were talking about the missing group, said Maria Isabel Rolon, 53, at her street stall in front of the basilica where she sells paintings and holy cards.Some parents have expressed outrage that their children were taken on the retreat.
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