Argentina ramps up river and coastal searches for missing men

Police and the Argentine Naval Prefecture have intensified a search for 28‑year‑old Nicolás Gustavo Joaquín Hesselman, who vanished after his aluminum boat capsized on the Uruguay River near El Soberbio in Misiones Province. One companion reached shore and alerted authorities, prompting water sweeps and land searches with the help of local residents.

In Santa Cruz Province, a special unit of the provincial police deployed a semi‑rigid rescue boat to scour the Río Gallegos estuary in an effort to locate César Agustín Aguilar Pérez. The operation focused on the stretch between the Muelle Fiscal and the nearby DEC, and officials have asked community members to report any information that could aid the search.