An indigenous 14-year-old girl who suffered a gunshot wound Sunday was evacuated by plane from her isolated community in the southern Caribbean and remains in stable condition at a clinic in nearby Limón, according to a statement released by the Public Security Ministry.

The girl's father was apparently handling a rifle when he accidentally shot her in the groin. Because of the complexity of the wound and the isolation of her community in Talamanca, police had to fly her to the closest medical center.

Her family members walked for four hours to a post where the Social Security System (Caja) solicited help by radio. She was treated at the Valle La Estrella Clinic in Limón.