Aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 hours crucial for retrieving survivors, though that threshold can be extended if they have access to food and water. Aid organizations are already in place in some conflict-torn centers because of the peace process, including Choco at the epicenter of the quake. Therefore, our ability to be there, present with the people, I think, has increased exponentially,” Torres said in a statement Tuesday. On Tuesday afternoon, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said his country would send two planes loaded with 100 tons of aid in the coming days. “Our prayers are with the families of the victims, the wounded and all the Colombian people,” Bukele wrote on X.