Death of Juliana Marins
Juliana de Souza Pereira Marins (1998 or 1999 – 24 June 2025) was a Brazilian publicist and solo traveler from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. She was on a backpacking trip through Southeast Asia when she went missing on 21 June 2025 during a hike on Mount Rinjani, Lombok, Indonesia.
Mount Rinjani is Indonesia’s second-highest volcano, about 3,726 metres tall. The hike is difficult and requires good fitness and proper gear. Marins disappeared after reportedly asking to rest due to fatigue and being left alone for more than an hour, then slipping and falling about 300 metres from the main path. Drone footage later showed she was alive on a slope below the trail, but rescue crews struggled to reach her because of rugged terrain, fog and cold.
Indonesian rescue teams, with help from Brazilian diplomats, conducted searches. At first they could not reach her. On 24 June, they found her body. Her family said she had not received food, water or protection during the days she was stranded. Rescue operations faced hazardous slopes and poor visibility, and helicopters were not used due to unsafe conditions. Rescuers stayed with Marins overnight on the edge of a cliff and finally recovered her body on 25 June and brought it down by land because of bad weather.
An autopsy released on 27 June found that she died from multiple fractures and bleeding after a single fall; experts estimated death occurred about 20 minutes after the trauma, and there were no signs of hypothermia.
Marins’s body was repatriated to Brazil and buried in Niterói on 4 July. Her death drew widespread media attention in Brazil and Indonesia and sparked discussions about mountain rescue capabilities and government responsibilities toward foreign victims. The Brazilian government offered support to her family, and there was public debate about who should pay for transporting her remains.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 08:46 (CET).