They find the lifeless body of a missing person in Holguín

LIMA, Peru – The body of Luis Pérez Rodríguez, 64 years old, was found this Saturday in Holguín. The Cuban was reported missing since the morning of last Thursday, October 23.

“The citizen was reported missing in recent days, which led to a search by different agencies. Finally, at 2:15 PM this Saturday, his body was discovered in the area of ​​the mouth of the Sagua River,” reported on Facebook Joel Queipo, first secretary of the Communist Party in Holguín.

“The unfortunate news has already been notified to his family, who have been given the support required in these circumstances. We convey our deepest condolences to all his loved ones and friends in this moment of deep pain,” the leader wrote.

Joel Queipo added that the search for another missing Cuban remains active. This is Antonio Angulo Caballero, 74 years old, resident in the El Jobo Popular Council and who has been absent from his home since last October 22 after 7:00 AM.

Hurricane Melissa: a high-class threat

The Institute of Meteorology in Cuba issued this morning tropical cyclone warning number 12, reporting that Hurricane Melissa reached category four on the Saffir-Simpson scale, out of a maximum of five.

“During the last 12 hours it has continued to gain in intensity and experienced a process of rapid intensification, reaching maximum sustained winds of 220 kilometers per hour, with higher gusts and its central pressure dropped to 944 hectoPascal,” the statement said.

At six in the morning on October 26, the central region of Hurricane Melissa was estimated at 16.3 degrees North latitude and 76.4 degrees West longitude, a position that places it about 180 kilometers south-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and 415 kilometers south of the city of Santiago de Cuba.

Melissa evolved from a tropical storm to a category four hurricane in a period of less than 24 hours and is currently moving on a course close to the west at a speed of seven kilometers per hour.