The emergency services deployed in Los Charcones, in the town of Playa Blanca (Yaiza), have located and recovered a lifeless body in the same area where they were trying to find the missing young man.
Everything indicates that it is the young man who has been missing since last Sunday, pending official confirmation by the authorities. The body was found twenty meters from the area where he fell into the sea and at a depth of thirteen meters. The two teams from the Civil Guard's special underwater activities group (GEAS) were the ones who located the body
It should be recalled that a large deployment had been carried out in the area. The emergency services device that has been working in the area was composed of the **Local Police** of Yaiza, which patrolled the area with a drone, firefighters from the Consortium of Security and Emergencies, a **112 helicopter** and personnel from **Civil Protection of Yaiza and La Oliva**.With the improvement of sea conditions, the GEAS and Maritime Rescue also joined this TuesdayThe Civil Guard patrol boat will be responsible for transporting the body to the port of Marina Rubicón
A dangerous area, closed to swimming
It is worth remembering that last Sunday, around 3:05 p.m., the 112 Emergency and Security Coordination Center (CECOES) received an alert from four young people who were in distress in Los Charcones, a dangerous area of the town.
Four young Americans studying in Madrid, aged between 19 and 21, were spending a few days in a vacation home in Arrecife. Two of them were dragged out to sea, while the other two managed to get out on their own from the breakwater, sustaining minor injuries.
The helicopter of the Emergency and Rescue Group (GES) managed to rescue the third of them alive, while the fourth of the young men could not be rescued alive
The area where the events occurred was closed to swimming due to a orange alert for strong surf in Lanzarote, with waves that could reach up to six meters in height.
