Lima, Jan. 15 (ANDINA). The family of the Peruvian crew member who died in the capsizing of the Costa Concordia cruise ship has appealed to Italian authorities to expedite the repatriation of his body to his native Peru.
"We only ask the authorities to accelerate the paperwork so we can repatriate his body and bury him in Trujillo," said Jorge Costilla Mendoza, referring to the victim's hometown in northern Peru.
A 50-year-old anthropologist who had worked on cruise ships for the past 13 years, Tomas Costilla Mendoza had signed on as a crew member on the Costa Concordia in mid-December, his brother said.
Costilla said the family had received no word from the Italian authorities on the circumstances surrounding his brother's death, which he said was confirmed to them by a cousin in Italy.
"Some accounts we have received say my brother threw himself off the ship and was hit in the fall, and drowned. Tomas knew how to swim very well, but I think he couldn't withstand the cold Mediterranean temperatures," he was quoted as saying by Agence France-Presse.
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