Overview
- Regional authorities initially confirmed two Mexican tourists dead and seven people missing on the park’s demanding “O” circuit.
- An official post from the Magallanes presidential delegation later stated the death toll had risen to five after finding three of the seven missing, citing two Mexicans, two Germans and a British national.
- Interagency teams of about two dozen responders, including Carabineros, Army personnel, CONAF rangers, mountain specialists, a canine unit and a drone, are conducting searches on foot.
- Aerial operations were suspended due to severe weather, with reported wind gusts near 193 km/h and heavy snowfall around the Los Perros–John Gardner Pass sector.
- CONAF closed the Circuito O to facilitate operations, and access to the affected area requires a four to five hour hike from the nearest vehicle point, complicating evacuations and recoveries.