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Search Expands on Chubut Coast for Missing Retirees After Items Wash Ashore

Authorities are concentrating on Puerto Visser after items surfaced near a river mouth.

Overview

  • The latest operation established two coastal search grids spanning roughly four kilometers, with teams conducting foot sweeps, drone flights and canine deployments.
  • Police units, GEOP, and firefighter brigades with specialized K9 teams from Trelew, Bahía Blanca, Santa Fe and Río Gallegos reinforced the effort without yielding confirmed findings.
  • The couple’s Toyota Hilux was previously found locked and orderly with money and camping gear inside, and biological and DNA analyses of the vehicle are underway.
  • Investigators continue to test multiple hypotheses, including entrapment in clay-like terrain and possible foul play, with no definitive conclusion at this stage.
  • Prosecutors are reviewing an anonymous 134 hotline tip alleging a robbery or coercion, as the search enters a second month since the October 11 disappearance near the Cañadones de Visser.