Peruvian police launched a search on Monday July 11 to try to find an Italian tourist who had been missing for several days while hiking in the Andes.
Alberto Fedele, 30, left the city of Urubamba on July 4 to go hiking in the Juchuycocha lagoon, in the Cuzco region (southeast).
He has not given any sign of life since that date and his mobile phone is off, police said.
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The police have been deployed, not only from Urubamba, but also specialized agents to search this
mountainous sector,” Colonel Julio Becerra told local radio RPP.
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We have drones in support
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The disappearance was reported by a friend of the Italian tourist.
Urumba, which has 15,000 inhabitants, is very popular with tourists who visit Machu Picchu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The city is located about fifty km north of Cuzco, on the road to the Inca citadel.
A Belgian tourist, Natacha de Crombrugghe, 28, has been missing since January 24 while hiking in the Colca River Canyon, also in the Peruvian Andes, after visiting Machu Picchu.
In the past five years, two other tourists, a Spaniard and an American, have disappeared in the area, according to local press.