Overview

• Municipal Civil Protection initially attributed the July 21 incident at Las Pampas to choking on food, but the victim’s family disputes that account
• Video shared by relatives appears to show a faulty pool suction tube that allegedly drew the 51-year-old man underwater
• Seven bystanders attempted to free him before a civilian disconnected the suction system, allowing emergency responders to extract and hospitalize him
• The man is recovering in a Jiménez hospital as his family calls for a comprehensive probe of the balneario’s safety protocols
• Aguas Termales Las Pampas has denied any negligence or the existence of a suction system, labeling the claims as false