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Rip Currents Trigger Twin Beach Emergencies in Ancón and Chincha With All Victims Rescued

Police have opened an inquiry into the Ancón training incident following the coordinated response.

Overview

  • Six Marianista pre-police academy students were swept offshore during a training session at Playa Miramar in Ancón and were pulled from the water alive.
  • Three of the rescued adolescents showed more severe signs of drowning and received treatment at the Centro Materno Infantil de Ancón.
  • Health authorities reinforced care by dispatching additional SAMU ambulances from Los Olivos and San Martín de Porres.
  • Police corrected early reports that cited four affected in Ancón and confirmed six, with investigations now underway into how the incident unfolded.
  • In Chincha’s Playa Las Violetas, lifeguards used buoys to save three swimmers, including a 10-year-old and a 45-year-old, and handed them to their families under a yellow-flag condition.