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Nehemias Canto, Brother in law
"He went Saturday night at a fair in Benque and from there he went missing. We didn't see him this whole weekend."

Reporter:
"We understand the family began looking for him ?"

Nehemias Canto, Brother in law
"Yes we began searching the Sunday, the whole day and then yesterday Monday, all day we went to and nothing we have no information, we went all the Arenal, Benque, San Ignacio and nowhere."

Courtney Weatherburne, reporter
"Anyone from Benque, any resident said they saw him around?"

Nehemias Canto, Brother in law
"They told us they saw him in Benque with two boys going to Melchor, they told us he came back but we could not confirm."

Courtney Weatherburne:
"When was that ? When did they see him?"

Nehemias Canto, Brother in law
"On Saturday night."

"After almost two days searching yesterday evening around 3 pm, they called our family that they found a body almost by the border close to the river and they said he is almost the same identification as we give the police and everything because he had a tattoo on his left hand and we said maybe it is him and we went to identify him at the San Ignacio hospital."

"Actually the police is giving information yesterday that he drowned, he was trying to fight against the water to come out but it looked like he didn't make it."

Courtney Weatherburne:
"So he wasn't killed or murdered? No foul play?"

Nehemias Canto, Brother in law
"We also asked the police about that and they said it is nothing he just drowned, he didn't make it because I think he was drunk."

"Well he is a friendly brother in law anytime I come he is always happy here with our family, he is hardworking and he always go work every day only some weekends he is kinda drunk but he always come back home every time but he is friendly with all the family."

Moralez was a construction worker.