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- Dump it died the first day of sailing

- The rescue took eleven days adrift at sea

A fifth person was traveling in small boats yesterday coastguard intercepted at 66 miles (122 km) southeast of Cartagena.

That person drowned the first day of sailing, so the total number of deaths rises to three.

They have stated to the National Police the two survivors, according to which the ship on which he traveled to Spain, a rigid zodiac, turned the first day due to strong waves, falling into the sea and disappearing into the water above person and could be the employer of the former.

The shift also caused the loss of small boat engine so that immigrants adrift, a situation in which were a total of eleven days, as declared by the survivors, who also said the two Algerians whose bodies were recovered Wednesday died yesterday due to cold and hunger.

Moreover, and as shown by the two immigrants who survived the three deaths would be older.

As reported in yesterday morning, a French vessel reported the existence of such a small boat, which immediately moved to the area in a helicopter and a boat Helimer Salvamar.

Once the first arrived at the scene of the sighting, found that the skiff had four people, two of them died, while the other two were apparently in poor condition, with symptoms of dehydration and purported to drink seawater.

Because the helicopter had to return to land for refueling, was moved to another place based on Valencia, who proceeded to rescue the two survivors and transport them to Cartagena, landing on the dock 13'15 hours in St. Lucia from where they were taken to the hospital "Nuestra Señora del Rosell."

As for the two deceased were transhipped to the vessel Salvamar, which also moved to the port of Cartagena, where they arrived about 15.30 hours.

The communication of the French ship was talk of a second small boat, so it remained Salvage yesterday afternoon tracking device and rescue, which was expected to resume today from the air as soon as visibility conditions permit.

This search has the inherent difficulties of distance and lack of direction that might take the dinghy.

Source: Delegación del Gobierno en Murcia