Monday 5 May was a national holiday celebrating Labor Day but sadly seven people drowned around the country, including off Saona Island.
According to the police, the victims were Arlin Munoz Castro, 13 and Jose Alexander Suarez Pineda, 24 who drowned off Saona Island when they were visiting as part of a church group excursion from San Isidro in Santo Domingo East. According to the pastor, Miguel Angel Padilla, they were with a group of 94 people and drowned after being swept away by a strong wave.
Nisaida Lose, 21, drowned when she was bathing in Los Pinos river in Rio San Juan with other members of her family and Fritz Tratamaz, aged 36, drowned when he was swimming with friends at the Boca de Yasica beach in Gaspar Hernandez.
Finally, a woman’s body was found on the Estero Balso beach in Castanuelas, Montecristi province, but has not yet been identified.
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