Three Argentine women traveling from Paraguay to Argentina died after the boat in which they were traveling with three other people shipwrecked on the Paraguayan side of the Paraná Riverat the peak of the Ñeembucú department.
The victims were identified as Sandra Elizabeth Maidana Careaga And Luz Rocio Maidana Careagaboth of age and Nahiara Ailin Maidana Alfaro16 years old.
According to official sources, the shipwreck occurred after 11 p.m. this Saturday, when the boat was returning to Argentina after the six people had spent the day on one of the tourist islands in the area.
“It is believed that the weather factor was the cause.for at the approximate time of the shipwreck there was in that place heavy rain with small gusts of wind“said Damiano Cano, head of the 16th police station in the city of Cerrito.
The officer also took that into account The boat they were traveling in was not “suitable” for navigation. in the area due to the strong currents that cause rainfall in the Paraná River.
Meanwhile, police sources reported that two minors, an 11-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy, They were rescued early in the morning by local fishermen.
The search operation continues as the sixth member of the boat has been identified Roberto Encina.
In the early hours of the morning, the prefecture responded to another incident at kilometer 1190 of the Paraná River, where this was reported A man fell into the water while riding a jet ski.
When we arrived on site, the newspaper reported in detail The liberator, They found the helmsman of the jet ski, who told them that his companion became unbalanced while sailing and fell into the river on the shore.
Hours later, also in the Paraná River, near Corrientes, a boat It turned around with eight people on board and two of them are missing. The prefecture launched one Emergency search and rescue operation.
As published The coastThe accident occurred at kilometer 1198 of the river, where the prefecture of Corrientes has jurisdiction.
The affected boat is the “Fortuna”. eight people went. They all fell into the water when the boat lost stability due to adverse navigation conditions and overturned.
A private boat He was able to save six crew members alive, and brought them to the coast. But Two of them were still missing that Sunday night. They were identified as Sergio Estorti, 43, and Melina, 34.
While the operation to rescue the victims was being carried out, the boat was taken out of the water and remained on the beach, where it awaited its subsequent transfer to a nautical nursery, he explained. The coast.
Two tourists from Chubut who disappeared on Saturday after entering the river with a group of friends in the town of Ituzaingó, Corrientes, were found dead after the violent storm that hit the province for several days and placed some localities under a state of emergency.
Local media confirmed that the bodies of the two tourists from Comodoro Rivadavia were found during a search by prefectural and local police officials.
The tourists had disappeared in the area known as the former zoo at kilometer 1,450 from Paraná. A place not permitted for bathers.
As published The coast, The men who were wanted are Sebastian Vargas 35 years old and Facundo Herrera of 23. The case is being investigated by the public prosecutor Eugenio Balbastro.
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