GUATEMALAN MAN’S BODY RECOVERED FROM LEMPA RIVER

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This morning, rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, Sensuntepeque branch, began recovery efforts for the body of Nixon René Antonio Hernández, 52, who disappeared last Sunday in the waters of the Lempa River.

On Sunday afternoon, Nixon René Antonio Hernández, 52, a Guatemalan national, arrived with relatives to enjoy the waters of the Lempa River at the San Juan Nuevo Edén bridge. However, minutes later, his relatives could not find him. Divers and rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento began searching for two days without success.

This morning, his body was located approximately five kilometers away, at a place known as Bado Ancho, near the San Juan Nuevo Edén bridge, where he disappeared.

Comandos de Salvamento de Sensuntepeque brought him to dry land so that he could be identified by police, prosecutorial, and forensic medicine authorities, and subsequently handed over to his relatives.