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A boat with 11 people on board shipwrecked in the area between seven altars and quehueche, Livingston, Izabal, on Holy Thursday, April 17. Although it was initially mentioned that there were 17 people, the information was updated at dawn.
According to information from the Army of Guatemala, the boat was shipwrecked in the area between seven altars and quehueche, Livingston, Izabal, on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025, several people were rescued alive, two deceased are also reported. (Photo, Free Press: Courtesy Army of Guatemala).
Almost at midnight on Thursday the Army of Guatemala reported that there were 17 people traveling on the boat, and that it had been rescued at Ashueche beach to eight adults and a girl, who were transferred to the Livingston Health Center to be evaluated.
It was also indicated that he located the bodies of two deceased people, including a child and an adult, who were available to the competent authorities.
It was reported that on April 17 at 7.30 pm, two boats of the Caribbean Naval Command sail to carry out a search and rescue operation of the boat that caught between seven altars and quehueche, Livingston, Izabal.
In the early hours of Good Friday, April 18, the Conred system, through the Caribbean Naval Command (with the Guatemalan Army updated and corrected the data and reported that they were the crew on the boat.
They say that emergency search work ended at dawn.
And, they reported preliminary data:
- From the crew of 11 people, 9 people were rescued alive and two deceased. All transferred to the Comprehensive Care Center (CAI) of Livingston.
- The Public Ministry (MP) and territorial authorities continued in expert tests for research development.
According to local media information, Deputy Thelma Ramírez said Thursday that the deceased were a woman and a baby, and it was presumed that they were a mother and daughter, but it was not confirmed.
It was also reported that prosecutors from the Public Ministry of the Prosecutor’s Office of Río Dulce attended the place.
Ramírez indicated that local authorities, Inguat and other entities, had prepared at work tables to make a preventive campaign by calling not to overload the boats in addition to using life vests, called that it is still valid.
#Endes Development | Naval Caribbean Command of the Army of Guatemala performs actions of search and rescue of people who were aboard a boat that caught in the area of seven altars and quehueche, Livingston, #Izabal.#Army pic.twitter.com/pyhurebkqp
– Guatemala army (@ejercito_gt) April 18, 2025