Follow the mystery of the two Argentines who disappeared in the Caribbean: what we know so far about the lost yacht

The Argentine Consul in Playa del Carmen, Lautaro Filchtinsky reported that there is still no news of the yacht “MOI Guadalupe”, in which they were sailing Renzo Spasiano and Carlos Eduardo Juárez. The Argentines were returning from humanitarian aid in Haiti, along with other crew members, when their trail was lost a week ago. Mexican Navy research has not yet yielded results.

“We continue without news, all the hypotheses are being developed without ruling out anything. The family searched the south, throughout the Honduran and Nicaraguan Sea, as well as the navy, without results so far, ”Filchtinsky said. “They work in coordination, search in different areas, but so far nothing“Filchtinsky said in a telephone dialogue with Telam.

Who are the two missing Argentines

On board the “MOI Guadalupe”, Argentines Spasiano, 20, and Juárez, 43, sail with the Mexican Martin Vega Argaez, 44 years old and the Cuban Denis Manuel Fernandez Diaz, 46, with whom they have not had any contact since September 28 when they returned to the Mexican city of Puerto Aventuras after a humanitarian aid trip to Haiti.

In this context, the Mexican Navy issued a statement informing that through the Fifth Naval Region “it continues to support the search for the vessel”.

He adds that, since the aforementioned date, “and in order to safeguard human life at sea, the Cozumel Naval Sector has continued to implement a research operation through the deployment of specialized naval personnel, on board surface and air units, with specific search and rescue capabilities in strategically located areas ”.

“It should be noted that constant coordination is maintained with the Captains of Port of Cozumel and Carmen BeachLikewise, civilian personnel are conducting another parallel search effort with planes and ships, however, no trace of the vessel has been located or obtained»Concludes the press release, provided by Consul Filchtinsky.

A kidnapping of pirates, one of the hypotheses of the disappearance of the yacht

Meanwhile, it was reported that the Mexican Navy was conducting searches north of the Gulf and the Spasiano family, who rented a plane for aerial sweeping, South.

Rosella Spasiano, Renzo’s sister, said one of the hypotheses put forward is that the yacht may have been hijacked by pirates. “A hypothesis is processed, which makes the most sense to me, that it could be a kidnapping. We can’t think of anything else, ”he said. A24. “There is a new theory that talks about the possibility that they took him to the coast,” he told the newspaper. A of Mendoza Martín Juárez, Carlos’ brother.

Foreign Ministry statement on the missing yacht

Last Saturday, Chancellery issued a statement in which they point out that the Argentine Embassy in Mexico and the Consulate in Playa del Carmen “are collaborating with the Mexican Secretariat of the Navy and the Harbor Master’s Office of the Port of Cozumel, regarding the ship ‘MOI Guadalupe ‘”.

“The Argentine consulate in Playa del Carmen has been working with the Mexican authorities since September 29, and The search for the ship is underway, along with two Navy ships, a Navy plane and a private plane, although so far no conclusion has been made ”, indicates the information.

Likewise, the Foreign Ministry confirmed that the Argentine Embassy in Cuba “He is also in constant contact with the Cuban Coast Guard, without having received any reports of sightings so far.”