The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is maintaining constant communication with its consulates in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and London, United Kingdom, to monitor the rescue operation for the crew of a fishing vessel that sank near the Falkland Islands. Among those aboard were ten Spaniards.
This information was confirmed by the Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, during a recent press conference. On Monday, the Falkland Islands Maritime Authority received a distress signal from the fishing boat Argos Georgia, which had 27 individuals on board and was approximately 200 miles east of Stanley, the capital of the archipelago.
Besides the ten Spanish crew members, reports indicate that the vessel was carrying eight Russians, two Uruguayans, two Peruvians, and five Indonesians. Given the difficult maritime conditions, with waves reaching up to 8 meters, a rescue operation was launched. This included aerial support and surface vessels, such as the BFSAI A-400, search and rescue helicopters, the FPV Lilibet, and two fishing boats.
Built in 2018, the Argos Georgia is owned by the British-Norwegian company Argos Froyanes, which has over 30 years of experience in the fishing industry. The Falkland Islands, known as Islas Malvinas in Spanish, are a British-controlled archipelago located in the South Atlantic Ocean, approximately 600 kilometers from the Argentine coast.
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