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Multi-Agency Search Intensifies in Asturias Mountains for Missing Tomás Rodríguez Villar

Rescuers scour La Llaneza, rugged country he once used to evade capture.

Overview

  • The Emergency Coordination Center logged the missing-person alert at 11:12 on Tuesday after family reported no contact with the 55-year-old for several days.
  • Guardia Civil and SEPA lead a large deployment with helicopters, drones and canine teams, joined by Red Cross ERIE, environmental agents and Protection Civil volunteers from Tineo and Valdés.
  • SEPA lists geolocated crews from the Tineo and Ibias parks searching the upper slopes of La Llaneza toward Tineo after an initial sweep yielded no results.
  • Guardia Civil searched his La Llaneza home, sealed the access points and described the interior as uninhabitable; an old hut nearby was overgrown and impassable.
  • Relatives cite a last conversation with a cousin and differing gaps in contact from days to about two weeks, as neighbors worry he may not withstand extended exposure outdoors.