The Civil Guard pressed on with the search this Wednesday, extending efforts around the waters near Torrevieja and Pilar de la Horadada. Additional bodies from the sinking boat have been found, though nothing beyond those already recovered has been located to date. Between Sunday and Tuesday, authorities recovered a total of eight-five individuals in Torrevieja and Pilar de la Horadada, with three additional bodies found in La Manga del Mar Menor (source: Civil Guard operations report).
Search operations have involved multiple units and assets, including the Marine Service patrol boat, the special underwater activities team from the Civil Guard, and an airborne element, a helicopter from the Civil Guard, all coordinating to cover a broad maritime zone and nearby shorelines (source: Civil Guard press briefings).
The working hypothesis remains that the deceased were aboard a vessel that traveled about 26 miles offshore last Saturday, a craft from which a young man was rescued earlier in the sequence of events. The location Cabo de la Nao, near Xàbia, has emerged as a reference point in the ongoing investigative narrative, guiding both search patterns and witness recall (source: Civil Guard investigative notes).
Early Tuesday, authorities confirmed the discovery of another body in the salt flats of Torrevieja. The finding, however, did not appear to be related to the patera casualties reported in the same period. The latest deceased was identified as a man of Caucasian origin who died of natural causes. Salt company staff who were working in the area reported the sighting of the body, which further underscores the complexity of distinguishing natural deaths from accident-related drownings in disaster zones (source: Civil Guard and local salt works communications).