Red Cross Finds Canadian Tourists Gone Missing Near Dota, Costa Rica

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Monday, the Costa Rican Red Cross sent out a rescue team to locate six members of an 11-member hiking group who apparently became lost during a trek in the southern central mountains of Costa Rica.

The group, made up of Mexicans, Canadians, French, as well as a German and a Costa Rica traveler, set out Sunday at 5:00 a.m. on a hike in an area called “Las Torres de Savegre” near San Gerardo de Dota in the southernmost part of the province of San José, according to the Red Cross.

Five members returned, but six were declared missing by Sunday night, said the Costa Rican National Red Cross press office.

By Monday at 3:00 p.m. the Red Cross had found the missing hikers.

The five Red Cross workers were aided by police, and the rescued tourists were transported by ambulance after the rescue. All were in sound condition.

 

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