Overview
- Rescue teams located Jap Jordan Hao’s body in the Machaycancha sector of Huánuco after weeks of searching, with teams reporting the find on Friday.
- Hao, 31, left Huaraz to attempt a roughly ten-day solo circuit on September 14 and his last known contact was a WhatsApp message that day.
- Family raised the alarm when he did not return on September 23 to collect his belongings and missed a scheduled flight to Cusco on September 24.
- The search was led by Asociación Socorro Andino Peruano working with the Policía Nacional, local mountain rescuers, guides, arrieros and residents.
- The Segunda Fiscalía Provincial Penal Corporativa de Lauricocha and local police have taken custody of the remains for autopsy and investigation and the cause of death remains unknown, a development that highlights the risks of solo trekking and reliance on satellite communicators in remote high‑Andean terrain.