Overview
- Authorities identified the deceased as Manuel Bustamante, 90, after relatives recognized him.
- He was found in an irrigation canal in the Cerro Colorado district with a dog and a sheep nearby.
- The family says the animals were not his, challenging early reports that he entered the canal to rescue them.
- Local security patrols and police secured the site and recovered the body as investigators opened a case.
- Prosecutors and forensic police are reviewing how he died, and his family is urging safety fixes at the canal after a previous relative’s fatal fall there.