Five fishermen survive 50 days on the open lake at the Pacific – Diepresse.com

Five fishermen were saved in the Pacific after over 50 days. A boat from the Ecuadorian coast guard brought the three from Peru and two men from Colombia to the naval base San Cristóbal on the Galapagos Islands, as Ecuadors Marine announced on the X platform.

A tuna cutter had found the shipwrecked on Wednesday, but her damaged boat did not stand up to the towing attempt and was anchored on site. The rescue of men between the ages of 30 and 52 was finally taken over by a coastal wake boat.

In mid -March, the fishermen broke out by the Bay Pucusana south of Peru’s capital Lima. Shortly afterwards, the Navy failed the battery rose from her boat. Since then they have been driving over the Pacific. On their arrival – around 2000 kilometers from their starting point – the men were according to the information in a stable state of health. Now your return to your countries of origin will be coordinated. It was only in March that another Peruvian fisherman, the 61-year-old Máximo Napa, was found on the open sea in front of Ecuador after 95 days. (APA/dpa)