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Missing fishing crew…Maritime extends search to Venezuela

Jan 04, 2014 News

 
A team of Maritime officials has been deployed to neighbouring Venezuela in search of the six missing fishermen who are believed to be stranded on an island in that territory which is inhabited by the Warrau Indians.
This is according to Rajendra Narine, owner of the vessel which capsized in the Atlantic Ocean, just off the northern coast of Guyana, sometime during the recently concluded Christmas season.
Following a meeting with Maritime officials yesterday, Narine said that the relevant agencies have been responding to their calls, but should they not be able to locate the missing men, he will be seeking the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Narine said that tension has been building since days have passed and there is no definite word on whether the men are alive.
However, the vessel owner told this newspaper that he will be working closely with the relevant authorities to ensure that the men are located.
He noted that although he has not been contacted by the families of the missing fishermen, he knows that they are extremely worried and are hoping that their loved ones return home safe and sound.
“And we are working on finding them,” Narine assured.
Kaieteur News was told that contact with the crew has been non-existent since Boxing Day, hours after their boat ‘Invincible 3’ reportedly turned over in the Atlantic. The crew, under the supervision of Captain Nathan Bacchus, left shore on December 12, and was scheduled to return to Guyana on Christmas day.
Initial reports had suggested that following the mishap, only two of the crew members had survived, having been rescued by some Spanish-speaking sailors.
Subsequently, a concerned boat owner who gave his name only as Mahase, told Kaieteur News that he received information that the men were spotted on an island a few miles from the Orinduik River in Region Eight.
“People get info that they on shore on a beach, but Venezuela is a big place. They were spotted among some Warao people who don’t speak English,” Mahase said.
He related that a text message was received from one of the men via a Venezuelan-registered cellular phone on Boxing Day.
“We have been trying to make contact with that phone ever since, but we are not getting through.”
He added that “I am quite sure that they are alive and well…it is just that where they are, no Guyana phone can make contact with them. They are all on a beach…people pass and see them…but we need help,” Mahase told this newspaper.
Narine had told Kaieteur News that the matter was reported to the police at Charity, Essequibo Coast, but ranks there appear to be disinterested in the matter.
“The police (man) there deh pon he cell phone all the time when I go to make the report. He tell me if was anything serious, they woulda get a call,” Narine said.
“Me ah study this thing bad…ah six man life deh out deh,” he added.
In speaking with Kaieteur News last evening, Angela Vieira, Captain Bacchus’s wife, said she has not heard anything about her husband’s whereabouts, and that his family is extremely frustrated.
She noted however, that while reports are that the men may be stranded in Venezuela, she last heard on the news that the crew may be in Suriname.
On Tuesday, Vieira expressed slight optimism that her husband and his crew were safe, and had appealed to the maritime authorities to mount an aerial search in an effort to at least locate the overturned boat, with the aim of ascertaining the vicinity in which the tragedy occurred.
“Everybody just tensed. Nobody nah know where these men deh, and we all worried and stressed out. Right now me nah gat life in me body. Everything just deh at a standstill,” the woman lamented.

 

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