2024-08-13 10:16:02
Francisco Cisternas, 32, has been missing in the Nevados de Chillán for ten days, and this Friday the search efforts by the Carabineros, the Army, Firefighters and Andean Relief teams were resumed.
Since early hours of this Friday, the search for Francisco Cisternas, 32, the man who is missing since July 31 in the Nevados de Chillánin the Ñuble Region.
This Thursday, For the ninth consecutive day, Carabineros and Army personnelin addition to volunteers from the Fire Department and professionals from the Nevados company, together with specialized equipment from Socorro Andino and other volunteers carried out patrols in the area to try to find Cisternas.
According to what was reported by Carabineros Major Diego Mora, This work was joined by the use of drones and a helicopter.
“We are at an altitude of 2,500 meters to deploy GOPE equipment that will approach the Aguas Calientes sector and complement the work of the Army.“, he explained.
For his part, the regional presidential delegate, Rodrigo García, confirmed that the team that went up on Thursday to look for the missing person in the Nevados de Chillán He spent the night in that area, with the aim of resuming the tracking work as soon as possible..
“Everything indicates that time will allow it and we hope it can be successful. We have been in contact with the family, Mrs. Carmen Ramirez (Francisco’s mother) has been fully informed of the activities that are being carried out and we hope that tomorrow activities will resume and the search will be successful,” he said on Thursday night.
Mother said her son’s cell phone shows activity
For her part, the mother of the missing young man stated that Your son’s cell phone has shown activity during these days.
“He is turning it on every 12 hours. He reads our messages, but we think the screen is damaged.“, said the woman in a contact she had with CHV Noticias.
“He came up with an external battery and can see the time on his watch“, said the mother of the Ecotourism student at the time.
For its part, Carabineros shared through its account on X Videos of his work searching for the man who remains missing in the Nevados de Chillán.