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Six killed as tourist boat sinks in Chile

Six people were killed after a tour boat capsized in southern Chile on Sunday, the country's investigative police said Monday.
The accident occurred in the Punta Tiburones area of San Juan de la Costa, a town in Osorno Province in Chile's Pacific Coast Los Lagos Region, some 960 kilometers south of the country's capital, Santiago.
The owner of the boat has been arrested on charges of homicide, the chief prosecutor of Osorno, Maria Angelica de Miguel, told local media.
Local authorities said the initial investigation shows one of the motorboat's engines suffered a malfunction, leading to the vessel's crash against rocks and sinking.

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La Tercera

They report that five Army noncommissioned officers boarded the boat that was wrecked in Mansa Bay - La Tercera

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telesurtv.net

Naufragio Leaves Seven Dead in Southern Chile · Global Voices

The regional presidential delegate of Los Lagos, Paulina Muñoz, said that “from the crew of 34 people, 27 were rescued, including eight children and adolescents.” Authorities of Chile reported that the number of deaths following the shipwreck of a tourist boat in the south of the country has increased to seven, after another body was found at sea, information confirmed by the Chilean prosecutor María de Miguel at a press conference.

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china.org.cn

Death toll hits 6 after tour boat capsizes in south Chile - China.org.cn

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Xinhua

Death toll hits 6 after tour boat capsizes in south Chile

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Clarin

7 tourists die when a boat is shipwrecked in Chile: bad weather, excess passengers and the recklessness of the owner of the boat

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