A Civil Guard officer has died by drowning this Saturday on El Cochino beach in the municipality of Tinajo while scuba diving.
The victim is a 30-year-old Civil Guard officer from La Asomada in the municipality of Tías. He had been assigned to the Puerto del Carmen barracks a month ago. This Saturday he went scuba diving with his uncle, an expert in this practice, on El Cochino beach in the municipality of Tinajo.
The victim's uncle was in charge of alerting CECOES when he saw that he was taking too long to get out of the water. The emergency services sent a GES boat by sea, but when they arrived at the scene, the Civil Guard officer's body had already been found floating.
The boat was in charge of taking the body to the Playa Blanca dock where the body was removed.