Overview
- Authorities say the incident occurred Saturday afternoon at the El Lobatón sector of the Lavayén River in Rodeíto.
- After bringing children to safety, the young man was carried to a deeper section and disappeared below the surface, according to police and the fiscal on the case.
- A search involving Seccional 53, the Rural Police, the Delegación Comunal and Volunteer Firefighters located the body around 7:30 p.m. after roughly an hour of rastrillaje.
- Rescuers performed CPR at the scene and SAME confirmed death, after which the body was transferred to the judicial morgue in San Pedro.
- Criminalistics teams conducted pericias and the Seccional 53, under the Ministerio Público de la Acusación, continues the case, with reports indicating the rescued child or children were not injured.