Three Argentine mountaineers, who disappeared on the Marmolejo hill in the Andes mountain range, have been found dead. Chilean rescue teams begin evacuation operations, marking a tragic outcome in the search.
Rescue services in the Andes mountain range after the discovery of the bodies of three missing Argentine mountaineers.
The bodies of three Argentine mountaineers, reported missing at Cerro Marmolejo, a volcano in the Andes mountains, have been found by Chilean rescue services. The start of operations to evacuate the bodies has been confirmed.
The National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred) announced through the social network X that the Special Police Operations Group (GOPE) of the Chilean Carabineros located the climbers. The Senapred remains active in the area, coordinating efforts for the proper extraction of the deceased.
Carabineros de Chile, for its part, reported in X that a multidisciplinary high-mountain team was responsible for the discovery. Currently, all the necessary work is being carried out for the recovery of the bodies.
The Argentine climbers had been reported missing since December 2 at Cerro Marmolejo, located in the municipality of San José de Maipo. Chilean authorities deployed a helicopter to search for them, while Andean Relief Corps personnel found their tent at the camp, but failed to locate them so far.