2023-04-20 11:25:06
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican Navy has suspended the search for three Americans who went missing aboard their sailboat off Mexico’s northern Pacific coast, the US Coast Guard said Wednesday.
Mexican forces and US elements had searched an area of about 686,000 square kilometers (200,000 square nautical miles) — an area larger than the state of California — without finding any trace of the missing persons or the vessel, the Coast Guard said in a statement. a statement.
The three Americans — Kerry O’Brien, Frank O’Brien and William Gross — were aboard the 44-foot (13.5-meter) sailing ship “Ocean Bound” when they were last heard from. time on April 4, according to officials.
At that time they reported that they were near the port of Mazatlán, on the Pacific coast. The three had planned to stop in Cabo San Lucas, at the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula, to stock up before continuing their journey to San Diego.
The Coast Guard has said that the marinas in Baja California have not reported any sightings of the vessel.
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