SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard and partner agencies are searching for an overdue fisherman off the southern coast of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Monday.
Missing is Eucebio Mangual, 63, resident de Ponce, after he reportedly went out fishing at approximately 6 p.m. Saturday from the local fishing village boat ramp, but did not return when expected, Sunday morning.
Mangual reportedly departed aboard a 19-foot white recreational vessel named Angel, and he was described as 6-foot-tall and weighing 240 pounds. He was last seen wearing black swimming trunks and a light-grey shirt, and his truck and boat trailer were located at the boat ramp parking area.
Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector San Juan received a call from the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources operator at 1:06 p.m. Saturday, who relayed the overdue report that had been received from Mangual’s wife. The reporting source also informed that Mangual’s intended fishing route was unknown; however, that he would usually go fishing south of Isla Caja de Muertos and east to Cayo Cabezos.
Coast Guard assets, partner agencies involved in the search:
- Coast Guard Sector San Juan watchstanders
- MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Borinquen
- Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle
- Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft
- Ponce Municipal Office of Emergency Management
- Puerto Rico Department of Natural Environmental Resources
- Puerto Rico Police
- Civil Air Patrol fixed-wing aircraft
Anyone with information or knowledge of this case may contact the Sector San Juan at 787-289-2041.
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