Chile: The bodies of three missing Argentine climbers are found in the Andes

Chilean authorities confirmed that the three bodies found this Monday in The Andes The Chileans correspond to the Argentine mountaineers lost since last week in Morro de Marmolejoone of the highest in the mountains.

“Carabiniers of the Special Police Operations Group (GOPE) found the bodies of three missing climbers, all work is being carried out to extract them“, announced on its X account (formerly Twitter) the police of Carabiniers.

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However, the bodies, which are located at an altitude of 18,500 feet, will only be able to be recovered next Wednesday due to the weather conditions there, according to the director of the Senapred of the Metropolitan Region, Miguel Muñoz.

“Now the procedure is that they will take them to an area, where they will protect them so that they can recover these bodies on Wednesday.,” he noted at a press spot.

A Carabineros helicopter flew over the site this Monday and spotted three bodies that finally belonged to the mayor of the city of General San Martin (The pampas), Raul Espir; the mendoza guide Ignacio Luceroand the notary Sergio Berardo.

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The three climbers began the expedition on November 22nd and made their last contact via GPS on November 29th.

Located on the border between Argentina It is Pepper us Central Andeshe Cerro Marmolejo It is one of the highest peaks in the mountain range, measuring 6,108 meters above sea level.

Source: Elcomercio

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