Overview
- Authorities report a 14-year-old from Ranchillos, Tucumán was swept away near the Camping del Río area of Termas de Río Hondo late Thursday morning.
- Volunteer firefighters, police units and the Grupo Especial/Táctico de Rescate Acuático (GER) are conducting coordinated land and water searches.
- Witnesses and responders rescued a second adolescent who was taken to the local hospital and remains under medical care.
- The investigating prosecutor, Ignacio Guzmán, requested GER support and put the judicial morgue unit on standby for transfer and autopsy procedures if a body is recovered.
- Officials said the incident involved a family group of roughly 40 people who had arrived in the city earlier that morning to celebrate the New Year.