{"id":6288,"date":"2025-05-10T22:12:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T22:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/five-fishermen-who-spent-55-days-adrift-at-sea-arrive-in-the-galapagos-islands-after-rescue\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T22:12:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T22:12:57","slug":"five-fishermen-who-spent-55-days-adrift-at-sea-arrive-in-the-galapagos-islands-after-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/five-fishermen-who-spent-55-days-adrift-at-sea-arrive-in-the-galapagos-islands-after-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"Five fishermen who spent 55 days adrift at sea arrive in the Galapagos Islands after rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Five fishermen who spent 55 days adrift at sea arrived Saturday at a port in the Galapagos Islands after being rescued by a tuna boat, the Ecuadorian navy said <\/a>on X.<\/p>\n

The three Peruvians and two Colombians had been missing since mid-March and were found on May 7 by an Ecuadorian<\/a> boat called Aldo.<\/p>\n

Vladimir Gonz\u00e1lez, 32,\u00a0 Jos\u00e9 Albines , 52, Jos\u00e9 Gabriel Albines, 31, and Jhonny Garc\u00eda Jorge Ugarte, 40, arrived at the San Cristobal Navy Base in the morning and their conditions were stable, the navy said.<\/p>\n

The fishermen had reported damage to the boat’s alternator two days after setting sail from Pucusana Bay, to the south of Peru’s capital Lima, the navy said in a separate post on Friday.<\/p>\n

The navy said it is coordinating with local and foreign authorities to ensure their safe return to their respective countries.<\/p>\n

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The Ecuadorian Navy transported 5 fisherman lost at sea for 55 days to their base at the Galapagos Islands.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Armada del Ecuador<\/p>\n

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Earlier this year, another Peruvian fisherman, 61-year-old M\u00e1ximo Napa,<\/a><\/span> spent 95 days at sea alone. He was also rescued by an Ecuadorian vessel and returned to Lima mid-March to be reunited with his family.<\/p>\n

Napa told local media he survived the ordeal at sea by eating cockroaches, birds and turtles, according to Agence France-Presse.<\/p>\n

Several dramatic rescues have been made at sea. In October,\u00a0Russian Mikhail Pichugin was rescued<\/a><\/span>\u00a0after spending more than two months adrift in a small inflatable boat, drinking rainwater in the Sea of Okhotsk, off the coast of Russia. His brother and nephew died while at sea and he tied their bodies<\/a><\/span> to the boat to prevent them from being washed away.<\/p>\n

In 2023, Australian sailor Tim Shaddock\u00a0survived more than two months<\/a><\/span>\u00a0lost at sea with his dog, Bella. The pair were sailing from Mexico to French Polynesia, the 51-year-old said, when rough seas damaged their boat and its electronics system, leaving them adrift and cut off from the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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