Overview
- Police located Fabiana Edith Muñoz around 3:25 a.m. Sunday at the foot of a water tank in the bardas north of Zapala, a difficult-to-access area.
- On-scene medical teams provided assistance before transferring her to the Zapala hospital for rehydration and evaluation, and the search operation was deactivated.
- Muñoz had been last seen at about 5:30 p.m. Friday at her home on Antártida Argentina street, triggering an official “Ubicación y Paradero” alert (No. 20/26).
- The operation involved the Neuquén provincial police, the Zapala Juvenile and Women’s Police Station, and the Zapala Third Judicial District Prosecutor’s Office, with residents helping via social media.
- Relatives say she has schizophrenia and had been off her medication, and they criticized local psychiatric services for not admitting her earlier.