Overview
- Emergency services received a call shortly before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday after friends lost sight of the swimmer and pulled him from the water near the Punta Piedra restaurant.
- Local police officers initiated CPR before a SAMU team attempted resuscitation for nearly an hour without success.
- Municipal sources identified the victim as an 18-year-old Colombian national who lived in Alicante.
- Policía Nacional has taken charge of the investigation to clarify the circumstances of the death.
- The case comes during a summer marked by elevated drowning deaths in Spain that has triggered safety reviews and calls for stronger oversight.