This Wednesday the National Police found the body of the young judoka Javier Márquez in the Ebro River as it passed through Logroño after being missing for 19 days. The investigation into the disappearance and death of the young man remains under summary secrecyalthough the authorities have ruled out that he lost his life violently.
The emergency services rescued the lifeless body on Wednesday around 1:45 p.m. after an alert from a volunteer participating in the search and later members of the National Police, Logroño Firefighters and the resources of the Rioja Health Service went to the scene. indicated to carry out the appropriate tasks, cordon off the area, rescue and guard the body while awaiting the services of the judicial procession. After 3:30 p.m. the body was removed.
The operation that has been carried out during the investigation has been “very dangerous” due to the force of the river, since the flooding of the banks has prevented them from accessing certain areas until the flow has decreased, as explained in a press conference this Thursday by the Chief of Police of La Rioja, Manuel Laguna.
In fact, the drop in the flow of the Ebro River in recent days has been key to facilitating search tasks, since, in the previous weeks, they had also searched this same area without success.
The young Javier Márquez was last seen in the early morning on March 2, When after five o’clock he said goodbye to his friends saying that he was going to sleep at his sister’s house, who lives in an area near the Ebro River.
After learning about his disappearance throughout Sunday, some people told the Police that they had seen him stumbling and falling, so they even helped him up. However, he then continued alone and his sight was lost.
Multiple resources deployed
Since his disappearance, an extensive search operation has been carried out in the that the elite groups of the Civil Guard have participated and the National Police, such as the GAR and Geo, in addition to underwater units, canine guides and citizen security patrols.
Likewise, the hundreds of volunteers from Santo Domingo de la Calzada who participated in the raids every day have been decisive in the investigation and have been coordinated byor the National Police through Civil Protection.
Although the causes of the young man’s disappearance have not yet been revealed, the National Police already has judicial authorization for the telephone company provide more information about your phone, about which they have partial information.
For its part, the cause of death will be determined by forensic experts. once the autopsy was performed, that he has hoped that it can be done shortly to return the body to his family as soon as possible.