Overview
- Authorities identified the deceased as Paul Ferreri, whose body was located in the Bachekele mountains in Chad’s remote Ennedi region.
- Ferreri and another French visitor left a festival camp on Wednesday without a guide or authorization to explore the Guelta de Bachikele oasis.
- The companion was later found disoriented after turning back, telling searchers he had tried to retrace his steps to the camp.
- A two-day search used motorcycles, jeeps, camels, drones, and a Chadian army plane before teams confirmed the discovery.
- The tourism minister said the death followed a fall, though the formal cause awaits the prosecutor’s findings as France monitors the case.