Overview
- A 12-year-old student swept out by strong currents was rescued alive by local responders and taken to EsSalud Mollendo.
- Teacher Ángel Javier Arcaya Chambilla entered the surf at Puerto Bravo to keep the child afloat and was later found deceased.
- Witnesses allege lengthy delays in the arrival of rescue units and claim a publicly funded rescue jet ski was not operational.
- Arequipa education chief Cecilia Jarita said a UGEL report will determine whether it was a promotion trip or a school internship and assess safety procedures.
- UGEL Puno and the teacher’s school announced tributes for Arcaya, a retired director of I.E. N.º 70011 who later taught at Libertadores School II.