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Evan Daniel Bogart was playing sports in a river when he had an accident and lost track
Guatemalan relief corps They located this Friday the lifeless body of a US citizen that had been lost two days ago after allegedly having an accident while playing sports, according to various sources. The deceased was identified as Evan Daniel Bogart, 40, who got lost in the Lanquín river, located in the department of Alta Verapaz, some 120 kilometers north of Guatemala City, the departmental governor, Manuel Véliz Castro, confirmed to journalists. The Turist he was doing water sports in the river two days ago and allegedly had an accident along with a companion, who notified the authorities, according to local media.
Véliz Castro indicated that “firefighters, the National Civil Police and personnel from the Guatemalan Institute of Tourism” participated in the search for the US citizen, in addition to members of the departmental government. Bogart’s body was located “on one of the banks of the riverbank” of the Lanquín river and “the United States embassy has already been notified” to do what corresponds according to law, the official added. “According to a of the versions given by one of the companions, they were rafting and when the raft capsized, one of them lost his life,” Véliz Castro pointed out.
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