Overview
- Five friends left Hudson to fish on June 14 and lost contact after boarding a 4.6‑metre semi‑rigid named Chamigo‑Ho, and search teams widened patrols along the Río de la Plata when they did not return.
- Prefectura Naval located and identified the body of Carlos Kovach on Sunday near Punta Indio, completing the second confirmed recovery after Sebastián Romegialli was found days earlier following a merchant ship sighting.
- Three men—Claudio Kovach, Alejandro Boscardin and Damián Giubu—are still missing and active sea and air searches are continuing across Argentine and Uruguayan waters with coast guard vessels, aircraft, police and volunteer rescuers.
- Investigators report the boat carried life jackets, flares, a GPS and a VHF radio but did not have a distress emergency beacon or an electronic positioning system, a gap that complicates reconstruction of events.
- The case is under UFI N°4 in Berazategui with prosecutor Silvina Borrone overseeing autopsies and forensic pericias that officials say will be needed to determine cause and timing of death and to guide any safety or regulatory follow‑up.