A "hotel boat" sank on Wednesday in the Paraguay river near the Brazilian border, the boat was carrying Brazilian tourists and Paraguayan crew in a region famous for its wildlife diversity.
Brazilian authorities have joined the search for survivors of a boat carrying 16 passengers and 11 crew that sank on the Paraguay River, near the border on Wednesday.
The bodies of three Brazilian tourists have already been found in the river in the Pantanal, the largest wetland in the world that divides Brazil and Paraguay.
“Four teams with 21 officers, including 14 divers have been mobilized,” said Lieutenant Landes, a member of the Brazilian coastguard.
After the sinking of the boat, five Brazilian tourists, and eight Paraguayan crew members were rescued. Eleven people remain missing.
This is the second shipwreck in two days on the Paraguay river, after a Bolivian military boat sank near Forte Coimbra in Brazil, killing two.
Saturday 27 September 2014
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Brazil-Joins-Search-for-Shipwreck-Survivors-20140926-0042.html
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