Overview
- Search teams recovered a body on Sunday afternoon, June 7, near the mouth of the Mijares river that officials say may correspond to the adolescent who disappeared while swimming on June 4.
- Divers from the Guardia Civil’s GEAS located the body about 200 metres from the river mouth and roughly 300 metres from the shoreline before salvage teams brought it ashore.
- The Territorial Judicial Police of the Guardia Civil has taken charge of the investigation and will complete identification and forensic diligences before confirming cause of death.
- An intensive, four-day multi-agency operation by Guardia Civil patrols, GEAS divers, the aerial unit, Salvamento Marítimo and the provincial fire consortium combed the coast from Burriana to the disappearance site.
- Local authorities and residents report this as the third drowning in Castellón this year and the second in the same week, a pattern that may increase pressure for tighter safety measures and reviews of beach rescue resources.