Nicaragua.
An old man from 72 years in which he was alone in his boat and adrift in the sea Caribbean He was rescued by a fishing boat that crossed his route, it reported on Wednesday Nicaraguan Army.
The man was identified by Nicaraguan Naval Force What the Rafael Hodgson Hamilton, From Colombia.
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According to official information, Hodgson Hamilton was adrift among the archipelago of Corn Island, in Nicaraguan waters, and that of Saint Andrew, de Colombia, when he was rescued by the fishing boat Procaribe, on February 26.
According to the report issued by Nicaraguan Army, the Colombian was “drifting due to technical engine defects”, however, did not detail the number of days he was at sea.
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Hodgson Hamilton was the sole occupant of the “Irnelia” boat at the time of the rescue, according to official information.
The rescue took place at 47 nautical miles (87 kilometers) northwest of Corn Island, in the direction of San Andrés, according to military authorities, who did not specify whether the man is from the Colombian archipelago.
The old man was handed over by the Procaribe crew to authorities in the Caribbean naval district of the Nicaraguan Naval Force, who provided him with primary care and then transferred him to Ethel Kandler Hospital on Corn Island, the Nicaraguan army detailed.
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Nicaraguan authorities said the man “will later be handed over to the Republic of Colombia.”
On the same day, two Brazilian tourists were rescued by the Nicaraguan Naval Force near Corn Island, which had also been adrift in their kayak due to a storm.
Shipwrecks in the Caribbean occur with some frequency off Nicaragua, due to high waves caused by strong winds, especially between December and early March, due to the predominance of high atmospheric pressures. EFE