Volunteers and rescue workers use buckets to remove debris of a collapsed building a day after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga) (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) (Santiago Saldarriaga/AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
MIAMI — BOXR Gym is hosting a run on Monday evening in downtown Miami to raise funds for the victims of the 7.4-magnitude earthquake in western Colombia.
Since Monday morning, search-and-rescue teams have been pulling out victims from the rubble in Quibdó, Cali, Pereira, Manizales, and other hard-hit areas.
Colombia Earthquake Patients from a clinic evacuated due to earthquake damage lie in beds at a temporary facility set up in a gymnasium at a nearby school in Cali, Colombia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga) (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) (Santiago Saldarriaga/AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella, who took office on Friday after a ceremony in Cali, visited Quibdó on Monday and Pereira on Tuesday, when he estimated there were about 2,595 injured and more than 1,000 homes were destroyed.
BOXR Gym is also accepting donations. The event is at 6:30 p.m. at the gym at 1310 NE First Avenue, just north of Interstate 395. For more information, call 305-417-3607.
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