Argentine border guards rescue Uruguayan lost during four months in the Andes

Monday, September 9th 2013 - 01:54 UTC

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Authorities in Argentina say a 58-year-old man from Uruguay has been rescued in good health after spending four months lost in the Andes.The provincial emergency service says Raul Fernando Gomez was found Sunday. It says he had lost about 45 pounds and was dehydrated, and is being treated at a hospital. Read full article

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Frank
Rats in the high Andes? Obviously trying to desert a sinking ship..
Sep 09th, 2013 - 02:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Mr Ed
Was he looking for an escape route for Mujica? Poor chap.
Sep 09th, 2013 - 04:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
Lucky man.
Sep 09th, 2013 - 04:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Stevie
Hahaha
Legacy of Canessa, this man was looking for a hand...
Lucky man? Lucky he was alone!

Hahaha
Sep 09th, 2013 - 04:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
@4 Lucky? Lucky he made it across argieland in one piece!
Sep 09th, 2013 - 05:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
Pity it wasn't Mujica!
Sep 09th, 2013 - 11:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
@4 Stevie,
Don't you think he was lucky to be rescued?
What a strange person you are!
Sep 09th, 2013 - 05:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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A_Voice
This doesn't sound like a wealthy man... yet...
“Argentine frontier guards sighted him next to the Sardina refuge, 4.500 metres high, and rescued him. He was flown to the Rawson hospital by helicopter. ”
.....are you sure Argentina is as bad as all these posters make it out to be!
Sep 09th, 2013 - 07:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Anglotino
PMSL!

“Legacy of Canessa, this man was looking for a hand...
Lucky man? Lucky he was alone!”

58 year old Uruguayan Raul Gomez Cincunegui is on the run from Chilean authorities after being accussed of sexually abusing an 8 year old boy in Santiago in April.

He was barred from leaving Chile in April while awaiting legal proceedings and it is currently believed he was attempting to cross the border illegally near the town of Petorca as border police were informed of his ban from leaving the country.

However his family knew this as they lost contact with them when the mobile phone connection went dead on a mountain pass between Argentina and Chile known as Paso de los Patos.

This man is no Roberto Canessa.

However his actions are no reflection of his country of origin nor the country he escaped to, just himself. Should the charges be proven true, it may have been better to have left him where he was found.
Sep 09th, 2013 - 10:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Stevie
I fully agree with Anglotino, the guy was not allowed to leave the country (Chile), so he escaped through the cordilleras...
Sep 10th, 2013 - 03:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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