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Five fishermen who spent 55 days adrift astatine oversea arrived Saturday astatine a larboard successful the Galapagos Islands aft being rescued by a tuna boat, the Ecuadorian navy said on X.
The 3 Peruvians and 2 Colombians had been missing since mid-March and were recovered connected May 7 by an Ecuadorian vessel called Aldo.
Vladimir González, 32, José Albines , 52, José Gabriel Albines, 31, and Jhonny García Jorge Ugarte, 40, arrived astatine the San Cristobal Navy Base successful the greeting and their conditions were stable, the navy said.
The fishermen had reported harm to the boat's alternator 2 days aft mounting sail from Pucusana Bay, to the southbound of Peru's superior Lima, the navy said successful a abstracted station connected Friday.
The navy said it is coordinating with section and overseas authorities to guarantee their harmless instrumentality to their respective countries.
The Ecuadorian Navy transported 5 fisherman mislaid astatine oversea for 55 days to their basal astatine the Galapagos Islands.
Armada del Ecuador
Earlier this year, different Peruvian fisherman, 61-year-old Máximo Napa, spent 95 days astatine oversea alone. He was besides rescued by an Ecuadorian vas and returned to Lima mid-March to beryllium reunited with his family.
Napa told section media helium survived the ordeal astatine oversea by eating cockroaches, birds and turtles, according to Agence France-Presse.
Several melodramatic rescues person been made astatine sea. In October, Russian Mikhail Pichugin was rescued after spending much than 2 months adrift successful a tiny inflatable boat, drinking rainwater successful the Sea of Okhotsk, disconnected the seashore of Russia. His member and nephew died portion astatine oversea and helium tied their bodies to the vessel to forestall them from being washed away.
In 2023, Australian sailor Tim Shaddock survived much than 2 months lost astatine oversea with his dog, Bella. The brace were sailing from Mexico to French Polynesia, the 51-year-old said, erstwhile unsmooth seas damaged their vessel and its electronics system, leaving them adrift and chopped disconnected from the world.
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