At least three people remain missing after the shipwreck of one yawl the early morning of Thursday, January 16 on the coast of the municipality michesEl Seibo province, when he was heading towards Puerto Rico on an illegal trip.
The authorities of the Civil defense They reported that they are still searching for people that relatives have reported missing.
Carlos de la Rosain charge of Operations of that institution, told Free Diary that at the moment they have only reported three people as missing.
“There is speculations that there are five people, but in a way official there are three. We have received these three reports from relatives and we follow the search“he added.
He indicated that they have not yet recovered bodies of people after the shipwreck.
24 people were rescued
Last Thursday, the Dominican Navy reported that they were rescued 24 people after the shipwreck.
The Navy indicated that the rescue was carried out with the support of the Air Force of the Dominican Republic (FARD) and that the people were in conditions stable generals.
Of those 24 people, four were transferred to the hospital of miches so that they would receive attention medical.
The rescue was carried out through a operational maritime, air and land carried out north of Celedonio in michesEl Seibo province.
The authorities of the Dominican Navy, Civil defenseMayor’s Office michesthe Fire Department and the National Police, among other authorities, work together during the rescue and search of the missing.