Three brothers drown in San Pedro
Brigades from Civil Defense recovered the corpses of three brothers, 12-year old Jose Enrique, 8-year old Ricardito and 6-year old Richard Mota de León who were last seen when they playfully jumped into a lagoon for cooling off in summer in the community of Cayacoita in Cayacoa de San José de los Llanos, in San Pedro de Macoris province. The alert was given by a fourth brother, 5-year old Pedrito, who did not follow his brothers into the lagoon and instead returned home to tell his parents his brothers did not return to land.
The brothers were the sons of Maura de León and Antolín Mota Nieves.
The tragedy occurred on Sunday, 15 July 2018, and the search began the same day and then resumed at 6 am on the next day, Monday, 16 July. A backhoe was used to try to reduce the water level of lake. The bodies were found on Monday.
The Guayacanes Fire Brigade, National Police and volunteers joined the Civil Defense in the search.
Source: DR1, Listindiario
July 17, 2018
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