Justice · Cunco waterfall deathsCunco waterfall father daughter: Both found dead after attempted rescueWritten November 10, 2026 at 1:22 AM UTCWatchTranscript0:07Rescue divers found a father and his young daughter dead beneath a waterfall.0:10The father had entered the water to try to save her.0:13Their discovery ends a search that continued across two days.0:16Investigators still have to determine exactly how the fall unfolded.0:19Both bodies were located at La Garganta del Brujo on the Curacalco River.0:24The site is in Kunco, in Chile's La Rauquan, a region.0:27Police in the municipality confirmed that the father and daughter had died.0:31The father was thirty, two.0:33The family had been spending Sunday afternoon near the river when the girl0:36reportedly slipped into the water.0:38Her father went in to reach her, and he also went over the waterfall.0:41The drop is estimated at about twenty-five meters.0:43The child's age is still unclear.0:46She was initially identified as six, while later coverage identifies her as five.0:50Officials haven't resolved that difference.0:52The suggestion that she slipped also remains a preliminary explanation of how the0:55emergency began.0:57Strong currents complicated the search.0:58Carabanera's specialist police unit, known as COP, worked alongside municipal1:02emergency teams and firefighters.1:04The operation needed personnel trained for underwater searches and rescues in1:08difficult terrain.1:11Darkness forced crews to suspend their work on November eighth because they lacked1:15natural light.1:16They resumed on November ninth with specialist aquatic search and difficult terrain1:20rescue personnel.1:21Rescue divers then located both victims beneath the water.1:24The bodies were submerged several meters below the surface.1:27Estimates put the depth at roughly three to four meters.1:29Those figures remain approximate with no single depth confirmed.1:33Kunko Mayor Christian Moraga confirmed that the father and daughter were found1:36together.1:37He said, It is a sad outcome.1:39The discovery of the two bodies is confirmed.1:41Police were still working to bring the bodies out when they first confirmed the1:44deaths.1:45Prosecutors also ordered Chile's forensic medical service to attend, bringing the1:49investigation into its next stage.1:51Both bodies have since reportedly been brought out of the river.1:53That follows the earlier police confirmation that extraction was continuing.1:57The final official account of the fall and the medical findings are still pending.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
