"I told him, do not go to the sea is bravo..."

Three bodies had been recovered last night a group of 95 illegal travelers who wrecked the morning of yesterday on the beach of Matancita, in Nagua.

Authorities and idetificaron relief agencies to the three drowned recovered as the announcer francomacorisano José Augusto Polanco, 35 years of age, Edwin Frannier of the cross of 27 years, who was a native of San Pedro de Macorís and Pedro Ramírez Sánchez.

Pedro Castellano, Fermín Valerio and Margarita Perdomo, survivors of the wreck, they recounted that when 80 people were mounted on the yola you claimed the "Captain" of the boat who felt an overweight, but this he replied that there would be problems and that still missing other 15, which were waiting in a small boat seaward.

Revealed that when they had several minutes that had taken off from the beach a high waves turned the yola, which collided with u000asomething to boast may be a reef and broke. Many were able to go swimming, but the majority did it not see. added that most of the passengers were young women and they paid for the trip between 20 to 30 thousand pesos, while other versions of survivors argue that organizers killed them between 50 to 70 thousand pesos, money paid in advance makes a month.

Drama
Diani Santiago, who was wife of Pedro Ramírez Sánchez, one of the victims, he said amidst heartbreaking crying that her husband sacked her the night of Saturday.

"I said: my love I'm going to Puerto Rico, because we have to change;" "I told him: you do not go, do not leave us alone and he replied that he had to do it, it was drowned", regretted.

Ramírez Sánchez, who now leaves to orphaning two children, lived in a cottage without electricity, water and few furniture construction in the u000aimpoverished sector river sea of Nagua.

"Said me it would pay 70 thousand dollars for the trip, but where you took that money, if we live in the midst of so many limitations," expressed.

This same view has Yiguin Vargas Gonzalez, mother of Bladirmir Alvarado who is missing along with his wife Mily García, who made the journey.

"My son told me: MOM, blessing, I'm going to Puerto Rico, as you'll see that the mine situation and all of us will change." "I told him, you will not that the sea is very brave, but he went to the beach and then returned and informed me that the waves were calm", narrated in tears the humble women.

Coast Guard PR
Puerto Rico Coast Guard joined the search along with dozens of volunteers, rescuers from the Civil Defense, firefighters and the Marina Guerra Nagua body, which "strafed" yesterday the coast u000aseveral boats and a helicopter.

On their side Rear Admiral of the Navy war Luis Castro, reported that this institution is working in search of castaways and the organizers of the trip illegal.

Also, it meant that when the sea is chopped the search will continue Monday and in the next hours more teams will be integrated to this operation.

Senator
Senator of the María Trinidad Sánchez province (Nagua), Aristides victory, lamenting the fact called on the competent bodies to open an in-depth investigation which pursue, taken and brought to justice to those who are being identified as responsible for the crossing.

The legislator understood that case such as this can't go unpunished and not repeated, at the time said that as a result of the wreck all political activities in the province were u000asuspended yesterday.

"Human nest"
both the dead, the missing and the survivors are from different parts of the country.

That is why thousands of people from different parts of the Cibao and the country, gathered on the beach of Matancitas and the hospital Antonio Yapur of Nagua, which brought the three corpses.

15 Days ago a boat with dozens of undocumented passengers left that same beach with stations at Puerto Rico and was able to land in the West of the neighboring island without major setbacks, they say inhabitants of Nagua.

Three corpses
Although the authorities have recovered three bodies, the number of survivors and disappeared is unknown.

REINICIARÁN search
because of the darkness at 6.: 10 afternoon was suspended the search, although today the authorities stated that the reset..

CRITICA LA MARINA
Ramón Antonio Alvarado, father of u000aBladirmir Alvarado, one of the missing persons, identified the captain of the boat as Heriberto Lantigua, who seeing that the vessel had problems left travelers and said that he managed to leave swimming next to other.

"Matancita beach there is a headquarters of the Navy and many people in Nagua knew about this trip and then how the sailors not heard," complained. He stated that it is important that authorities found the organizer and the captain so they taken them and brought them to justice.

Dulce María Vásquez, aunt of one of the castaways said that two sons of a lady who were also on the trip, but who managed to leave swimming to land, told him that the yola were 95 people, and it collided with reef.

The yola had a length 25 feet long, 8 wide and timely 6, made of pine wood and was released from the new mouth of Gran Estero of the community of Matancitas bridge of the u000amunicipality of Nagua at 4 o'clock in the morning and the wreck occurred at 6: 30 in the morning.

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