With the sunrise, this Sunday morning an intense search operation was resumed to locate two women who are missing For several days in a mountain area, on the outskirts of El Bolsón.
The complaint for disappearance was filed on Friday night. The tourists were stopping in the Cerro Lindo shelterfrom where they went on an excursion at noon. Although they had left many of their belongings in the place, They never returned.
For this reason, they are presumed lost and the usual protocol for cases like this was activated.
The area where the operation is developed is known for its system of mountain shelterswooded paths and variable access roads, many of which depend on the climate state and can be impassable in rain or fog conditions.
The search is carried out together by effective Lake Puelo Volunteer Firefighters, National Gendarmerie, Río Negro Police and organisms of Civil defense. Teams from the Lago Puelo National Parkthat provide logistics collaboration and knowledge of the land. They are being used drones, Tracking dogs and human resources trained in rescue in rugged areas.
From early in the morning, a group of at least 15 agents began with the Rasrillings on foot Throughout the mountain area. In addition, they evaluate the possibility of add a helicopter to the operation.
“Temperatures and weather are complicated, the area is cold, it has snowed up. It is a complicated area, easy to get lost. If you follow the normal paths you go and return through the same place, now if you get in an alternative, one leaves the path and when you think you are returning, You’re really moving away”, Graphic the Chief of Firefighters of El Bolsón, Juan Carlos Martínez, in dialogue with TN.
According to the newspaper Black Riverlast night they closed access to the protected natural area Río Azul – hidden lake, for safety and prevention reasons.
The authorities did not publicly confirm the exact point where the disappearance would have occurred, nor the route that women had planned.
The operation remains active with focus on difficult access sectors where they could have been trapped or disoriented, although climatic conditions and the extension of the terrain hinder rasters.
At the same time, anyone who has recently traveled by the paths of the area, or who may have seen them, to communicate with local authorities was requested.
The roads between hills and mountains can be dangerous for tourists with little experience. In the Patagonian region, the disappearance of people in crossing contexts is recurring, despite the multiple warnings carried out by the authorities.
One of the most resonant cases of the last time was that of Ezequiel Matías Vergarawho was found lifeless in an area of difficult access in the Cerro Belvederewithin the Nahuel Huapi National Parkafter three weeks of intense search. The 28 -year -old had been reported as missing on March 21.
According to the preliminary autopsy report, Ezequiel Matías Vergara “He died as a consequence of serious polytrauma”. Once the expertise was carried out, prosecutor Adrián de Lillo ordered the delivery of the body to the family.
The identification of the place where the body was occurred when A firefighter from Villa La Angosturapart of the search operation, decided to enter beyond the tourist path, exploring an area with dense vegetation and steep slopes. In this area, He found a backpack and a jacket that belonged to the young man. From there, he followed the traces that descended towards a gorge. After a downward tour, managed to see the body at the bottom of a ravine.
The prosecutor in charge of the case explained that The finding site is outside the usual paths and lacks safe access for rescue personnel. The posterior air operation, which the judicial officer participated with experts and rescuers, allowed to take images of the scene and identify the exact place where the young man’s remains were.
