2024-03-10 16:18:19
The man was climbing the Misti volcano with a group of friends when he deviated from the route indicated by the guides and fell into an abyss.
As a 44-year-old man with the initials JEVS, the Chilean tourist who died after falling 300 meters was identified when I was climbing the Misti volcano, in Peru.
According to what was revealed by the police of that country, the victim was “climbing with a group of friends“.
On a certain moment The Chilean decided to distance himself from the group and walked another routeafter which he fell “to an abyss 300 meters deep“.
The sector police station verified the death of the tourist and requested the attendance “of the rescue and high mountain unit, in order to recover the body of this foreign citizen“, according to the head of the Criminal Investigation Division (Divincri) of Arequipa, Colonel Edward Vásquez, told the Peruvian press.
The recovery of the body of the Chilean who died in Peru
According to local media, at least 15 agents from the National Police Rescue Unit took part in the work.
After recovering the remains of the Chilean citizen, They were transferred to the Arequipa morgue.
Colonel Edward Vásquez also revealed that the death of the tourist His family in Chile has already been informed.
He revealed that relatives will travel to Arequipa to begin the procedures, in order to get your transfer to our country.
He also alerted tourists of the need to follow the guides’ instructions so as not to risk serious accidents.