Overview
- Shortly after 1 a.m., a witness reported a person in the water and a flashlight near rocky shallows by the Beluso pier.
- Emergency services mobilized helicopter Pesca I, Salvamar Mirach with a diver, the Guardia Civil boat Corvo Mariño, ground patrols, Protección Civil, and notified GEAS.
- The overnight search paused around 4 a.m. due to darkness and rough seas and resumed at first light.
- Guardia Civil located the body in the water at 9:52 a.m. at A Roiba and brought it ashore after some of the man’s fishing gear had been found on land.
- The victim, identified by the initials C.P.M., wore a neoprene suit and was entangled in fishing gear, indicating an accidental drowning, and officials later confirmed he was Spanish after an initial nationality error.