Five dead in a cayuco rescued with 48 people onboard

Five people have died aboard the boat rescued by Marítime Rescue yesterday evening (Monday) 250 kilometres south of Gran Canaria, although only one body has been recovered, according to sources from the emergency services in the port of Arguineguín.

The cayuco was transporting 48 sub-Saharan men, one of them already dead, when the Guardamar Talía rescue boat reached their position, but the survivors have reported upon arrival ashore that four other companions perished during the days they were in the ocean, and their bodies were thrown overboard.