A Colombian tourist, who had been missing since Friday 23 August, has been found safe and sound. Gustavo Alexander González Ríos, aged 41, was found by fisherman the following day, hanging off a coral reef off Saona Island.
According to the National Police, he and his wife had taken an excursion to the island, but he had a bad stomach and went off into the brush to relieve himself. While there he hit his head on a branch and lost consciousness, only coming to at sunset when he decided to head for the sea to find a way out.
He was taken back to his hotel in Bayahibe and from there to hospital for medical care.
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27 August 2019