Relatives of the twelve missing in the sinking of a Spanish fishing boat in Canadian waters, protested this Sunday (20) to ask for the resumption of the search for their bodies.
They gathered in the center of Marín, a fishing village in Galicia (northwest Spain), where the ship was moored.
Many displayed photographs of the missing. “There are twelve missing. It was a very big tragedy. Please resume the search now,” said María José del Pozo, whose father is one of the missing.
She also said that the sailors’ families will travel to Madrid this week to present the case to the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez. However, her office has announced that he will travel to Galicia on Monday.
When the “Villa de Pitanxo” sank off the east coast of Canada (Newfoundland), there were 24 people on board. Rescuers rescued three survivors and recovered nine bodies.
The Canadian rescue service ended the search on Wednesday after carrying out an “exhaustive” 36-hour operation amid very difficult weather conditions. They covered about 3,100 km2.
Protesters lined up to sign a petition demanding a search for the missing. About 70,000 people have signed up so far.
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Friday he had asked his Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly that her country resume the search when the weather improves.
On board the ship were 16 Spaniards, five Peruvians and three Ghanaians.
Due to the freezing water temperatures and rough seas, it is considered almost impossible to find more survivors.
A Spanish Air Force plane flew to Canada on Sunday to repatriate the three survivors, two Spaniards and one Ghanaian, and five of the nine bodies recovered, the government said in a statement. The other bodies will be repatriated to Peru, he added.
This plane is due to return to Spain on Monday, when the country will celebrate an official day of mourning for the victims of the sinking.
The president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, will be present when the aircraft lands at around 6:00 pm local time at the airport in Santiago de Compostela, capital of Galicia, his office said.
After the rescue, the three survivors – found in a lifeboat suffering from hypothermia – remained silent most of the time.
“How do you think we are? Put yourself in my place. When I arrive in Spain I will talk to the families”, confided one of them, the captain of the fishing boat, Juan Padín, from the hotel where they are staying, in the Canadian port of St. John’s, according to the Spanish newspaper ABC.
The fishery sank about 250 nautical miles (463 km) east of the island of Newfoundland, an area where Spanish and Portuguese vessels frequently fish.
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