IMMIGRATION
One of the occupants called 112 yesterday Monday to report that he had lost his engine.
THE look for a canoe which was adrift in the waters of El Hierro, in the same area where last Saturday a boat capsized, causing nearly fifty victims, indicated the island of shrunken heart. Still mourning this tragedy, the emergency services have finally located the canoe, missing since yesterday evening, whose occupants are currently on their way to the port of La Estaca.
The cayuco was drifting in the waters near the island of El Hierro with 60 migrants and after receiving notice it was finally located by Sasemar 103 aircraft approximately nine miles southeast of La Restinga. The Guardamar Calíope set out to meet them and located the boat stopped in the middle of the Atlantic.
The fiber canoe is already being transferred to the port of La Estaca, as part of a complex rescue due to poor sea conditions and strong gusts of wind.
The boat had been searched since 8:11 p.m. this Monday when one of the occupants He called 112 to warn that they were adrift This is why a rescue operation was organized, consisting of the Menkalinan rescue boat and the Helimer 201 helicopter, joined by the media who are also looking for possible survivors of last weekend’s sinking.
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