Shortly before this Wednesday afternoon, Maritime Club’s practical sailboat eagles I saw from afar what does it look like small boat. They had sailed in the area east of Cope. As they approached, they discovered a boat full of immigrants. HE, they threw two youth this They began to swim towards the training boat ‘Saloma’, where the captain and three other people were sitting. “They were far away, but When they saw them, they jumped into the water.. When they caught up with them, they went upstairs and gave them water. They were tired and one of them was severely affected by hypothermia”, sources from Club Náutico de Águilas told LA OPINÓN, a media owned by the Prensa Ibérica group and this newspaper.
They immediately called the Civil Guard and alerted them to the existence of the boat they were traveling in. thirteen people and of the two rescued and remaining on the training sail. “They told us this place was full of people and it was impossible for them to swim ashorebecause they’re about a mile away,” added the same sources.
Shortly after, a Civil Guard helicopter arrived on the scene and flew over the area, with several more patrols on the ground. “The sailboat started its approach to land maneuver and made these two immigrants very uneasy. they scolded the boss and those on board are about to sail. the situation has become very tense someone took out a small knife and it was placed very close to the neck of the boss,” he added.
The crew did not stop their attempts to continue the march to land. deliver the two men to the Civil Guard. “When they see they can’t get what they want they jumped into the water After reaching land, they were detained by agents,” he said. Meanwhile, a patrol boat from Salvamento Marítimo arrived on the scene and picked up migrants traveling on the boat. Shortly after, the ship took on water until it sank. there were immigrants Transferred to Escombreras In a rescue and transfer device coordinated by troops from Almería and Cartagena.
Captain of the Yacht Club sailboat called to testify this afternoon To the Civil Guard barracks in Lorca to provide details of everything that happened. ‘Saloma’ is one of the boats on which the exercises were held for the title of captain of Club Náutico de Águilas. This Wednesday he was doing one of his usual lessons with adult students. It is one of the last boats bought by Club Náutico de Águilas. In fact, it was recently released.