Overview
- Raúl Alfredo Moyano, a 59-year-old retired teacher and experienced trekker, was last heard from on October 12 while ascending Cerro Ñuñorco and was reported missing after hours without contact.
- Roughly 100 personnel from provincial police special forces, Gendarmería, ECIF, bomberos and local guides are deployed with helicopters, thermal drones, tracking dogs and ground teams.
- A weather window on October 21–22 allowed helicopters and thermal drones to reach sectors previously inaccessible but teams still report no confirmed traces, clothes or belongings of Moyano.
- Moyano’s family found a survival manual linked to a course he took, and rescuers are using details from it to guide targeted searches and keep hope alive.
- Rescuers say steep cliffs, similar rock formations and sudden fog or wind repeatedly force operations to pause, raising questions about mountain safety guidance and coordination of rescue protocols in Tucumán.