CARMEN 1

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Documents of crew members found

On Feb 8 the National Border Service of Panama reported the discovery of documentats that belonged to the crew of the 'Carmen I'. The documents were found at the coast of Colón, by a native who gave notice to the authorities. At the same time, some thermos were found on the high sea, which were reported in the cargo manifest of the vessel. The Colombian Navy continued the search for the 10 crew member in coordination with Panama. The General Maritime Directorate through the Captaincy of the Port of Cartagena was carriying out the pertinent jurisdictional investigation to determine the circumstances of the loss. The Naval Institution completes 18 days of intense search in the Colombian Caribbean. The frigate 'Almirante Padilla' supported the in the areas modeled according to the vessel's navigation patterns. 2,420 miles have been searched in recent days by surface units and constant overflights of aircraft of the Colombian Navy, Colombian Air Force and international support from the United States and Panama.

EPIRB and parts of cargo found

No trace has been found of the crew of the ‘Carmen I’ in the Caribbean which was feared to have sunk about 65 nautical miles from Cartagena on Jan 21. The General Maritime Directorate was permanently maintains communication with other countries to obtain any information related to the vessel and its crew. The Oceanographic Research Center and Hidrográfica del Caribe (CIOH) was creating new search patterns every day. Last week a ship of the National Navy found 17 coffee thermos that were part of the cargo as well as the EPIRB. The crew of the 'Carmen 1' was made up of the Bolivian captain and nine Colombians. Among them were Diógenes García Arrieta and Jonathan Villar Correa from Cartagena; Edgardo Londoño from Barranquilla and Andrés Vargas Tejada from San Andres. Also on board are Faustino García, Alfredo Nata and Pablo Roberto.

Shp still missing five days after distress call

The 'Carmen I' has already disappeared for five days in the waters of the Caribbean Sea which is serving between Panama and Puerto Nuevo in Alta Guajira. On Jan 23 the relatives of the crew were informed that the ship was missing since Jan 21 when an emergency signal was received after it went adrift. The General Maritime Directorate, DIMAR, announced that its last location was reported 60 miles from the city of Cartagena, when the Maritime and Fluvial Traffic Control Station 'San José' received the alert call from the maritime agency of the ship. Nine of the 10 crew members of the 'Carmen I' were Colombians, two of them from Cartagena. MAritime and air patrols of the Caribbean Naval Force as well as units of the Colombian Navy and the Colombian Air Force, with support of the National Aeronaval Service of Panama, continued to try to find the vessel and its crew. The patrol zones have been gradually expanded, according to the search patterns modeled by the General Maritime Directorate and the Coast Guard Command. Support has also been requested from the ships that cover the route to and from the Panama Canal, as well as those that transit through the initial route of the 'Carmen I '.