Overview
- Police were alerted by a 911 call around 3 p.m. Thursday to a fall into the river along the San Lorenzo waterfront near the Paseo de los Pescadores.
- Friends told officers they had taken a canoe onto the water and that the teen fell after standing to head back to shore, disappearing from view despite their attempts to help.
- Some witnesses offered an unconfirmed account that the group tried to board a fisherman's canoe without permission and the teen, reportedly unable to swim, fell while fleeing.
- Prefectura Naval conducted river searches into the night on Thursday but found no trace of the adolescent, reported as about 15 to 16 years old.
- Officials said Friday’s operation will expand the search perimeter with tactical divers and an additional boat to support the ongoing effort.