Overview
- Montoya's body was recovered on January 30 by areneros on the Río Cauca riverbank in the municipality of Bolívar after a four-day search.
- He went missing after jumping from the General Santander bridge in Tuluá for a social-media challenge that was recorded and widely shared.
- Video shows he struggled in powerful currents with limited mobility in one arm as the person filming remarked, “Hermano, se lo va a llevar la corriente.”
- Rescue teams reported that high flows and adverse weather during the rainy season constrained search operations and hindered river maneuvers.
- Authorities confirmed the 30-year-old's death, issued public-safety warnings, and reported that the identity of the person who filmed the jump remains unknown.