Overview
- Juan José Mutilba, 66, reportedly fell overboard after slipping on tuna blood while sailing with his wife on Tuesday, according to family accounts.
- The couple’s catamaran drifted for three days because the wife lost mobile coverage and could not call for help until she regained signal and a friend alerted Salvamento Marítimo in Spain.
- Greek teams located the unmanned vessel about 18 nautical miles from Pilos, towed it to port, and Italian authorities are now coordinating ongoing search-and-rescue operations with no trace of Mutilba recovered to date.
- Mutilba’s wife remains in Pilos receiving medical and psychological care and has said she will not return to Burgos until her husband is found.
- The family has notified the Spanish embassy in Rome and is pressing Spanish authorities for clearer information and possible additional resources as communication delays and coordination gaps complicate the search.