Agents of the GEAS of the Civil Guard This morning they found the lifeless body of the 18-year-old boy who disappeared yesterday afternoon while bathing in the San Juan swampa spokeswoman for the Madrid Command reported.
The body has been found around 10:45 a.m. at the bottom of the swamp and a few meters from the shore of the beach. The body is awaiting the arrival of the judicial procession. He will later be transferred to the Institute of Legal Medicine, where an autopsy will be performed.
The spokesperson for the Civil Guard has indicated that In the area where the boy was bathing, “bathing is not allowed. Yes, in the area of Virgen de la Nueva, but not where the young man dived,” he explained. Mercedes Martinwho has emphasized the danger of bathing in places where “the currents and water temperature change abruptly in a few seconds.”
Second day of searching for the 18-year-old boy missing in the San Juan Reservoir
The young man disappeared into the wall beach. Four young people were spending the day in that area of the swamp when one of them, 18 years old, got into the water and started swimming in. At one point, he began to ask for help and make fuss to his colleagues, who called 112 at 3:10 p.m. this Wednesday.
Divers from the Special Group of Underwater Activities of the Civil Guard, who searched for the teenager in the depths of the area where he disappeared, while two aquatic units of the Community of Madrid Firefighters did so with boats on the surface and surrounding areas.
A team from the Summa-112 and another from the Red Cross, in addition to agents from the Local Police of San Martín de Valdeiglesias and the Local Police of Pelayos de la Presa. The tracking area remains cordoned off.
A young man disappears while bathing in the San Juan Reservoir
The Civil Guard carried out until 10:20 p.m. yesterday 40 minute dives reaching up to 20 meters deep, tracking a total area of approximately 1,000 square meters. The water temperature was 13 degrees Celsius, sources from the Armed Institute reported.
Today drones have also participated and the Muro beach and the pier are closed to the public. The problem with the search has been great depth of the crawl zone, about 20 meters, and its poor visibility. Also, like yesterday, it started to rain, which made the search difficult.
The San Juan swamp has claimed the lives of drownings seven people since 2007including the 18-year-old whose body was found this Thursday.
