During your vacation in Pinamar, Ramón Román, 57, and Gabriel Raimann, 37they entered the sea in an orange kayak in Carilo more than a week ago and they lost all visual contact without leaving any trace. Although the kayak was found on Saturday, the men are still missing. Naval Prefecture informed their relatives that they have no hope of finding them alive.
During an intensive search that spanned eight days, relatives and various federal, provincial and municipal forces of Pinamar tirelessly searched for the missing.
This Monday, January 22, the Naval Prefecture authorities contacted the relatives of Ramón Román, 57, and Gabriel Raimann, 37, to inform them that they have no hope of finding the two friends alive.
Starting this Tuesday, the search force will modify its approach and stop using the SAR (Search and Rescue) protocol, which is used especially when searching for people with signs of life.
As confirmed by investigation sources, The kayak of the two fishing friends had been located in Villa Gesell.
The discovery took place last Saturday afternoon during an operation carried out by the Argentine Naval Prefecture along the Atlantic coast. An official pilot of the force, who was carrying out a reconnaissance flight in search of clues that could help locate the missing men, sighted the kayak.
They found a kayak that could be that of the missing fishermen in Pinamar
The officer immediately informed the base of operations and a boat headed to the place, located about 37 kilometers from the beach. Notably The kayak was found without the motor that had been installed.
During the development of the operation, the team members identified the floats that belonged to the canoe. The security elements found appeared in the vicinity of the Querandí Lighthouse, located 20 kilometers south of the starting point of Román and Raimann. Although the operation continued, nor progress was reported that could provide information on the location of the kayakers.
Prefecture carried out an important operation that involved the participation of two coast guard boats, three helicopters, several semi-rigid boats and more than a hundred troops.
Despite the exhaustive search and patrol, the force’s operation focused exclusively on a complaint to investigate the whereabouts filed at the 3rd police station in Valeria del Mar.
How was the disappearance of the fishing friends
Ramón Román and Gabriel Raimann, on their vacation in Pinamar, decided to go on a fishing trip. According to his acquaintances, Neither of them had good experience in navigation, and everything indicates that they were carried out to sea by the intense winds.
The disappearance of the two friends was reported last Monday morning, after A neighbor alerted the Beach Safety Directorate about an unusual situation in Valeria del Mar.
How the search operation continues for the kayakers who disappeared in Pinamar
The man reported that a truck (Román’s) was parked 200 meters from the town’s nautical drop-off. Given this, The municipal agency began an investigation into the ownership of the vehicle and went to the owner’s house..
There, the family confirmed that The man had gone fishing with a friend at 6:30 on Sunday and they had no news about his whereabouts since then.
Immediately, the Buenos Aires Police, Prefecture and the Municipal Security Secretariat began to work on the case. The Prefecture activated the corresponding search protocolwhile the Security Secretariat informed all the lifeguards in the area to join efforts in the search.
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