Who is Franco Toro, the young man who disappeared at sea in Punta del Este

Who is Franco Toro, the young man who disappeared at sea in Punta del Este

Franco Adrian Toro disappeared in Brava Beach on Wednesday morning, after the celebrations of New Year in Punta del Este. For this reason, the National Naval Prefecture (PRENA) of Uruguay is already found carrying out search operations with the aim of find his whereabouts.

The young man of 30 years is a native of White Bay and was found celebrating the beginning of 2025 on the Uruguayan coast with friends. According to his social networks, it is a tattoo artist, plastic artist and animal lover.

Bull he was not the only one wanted by the authorities. It had already emerged that three Argentines were wanted due to their complications in getting out of the sea, but the rescue of two victims could be confirmed.

However, they pointed out that There were no sightings of the Bahianwho was searched throughout the day by the staff of Prefecture and the Maldonado Lifeguard Brigade.

Who is Franco Toro

As is known, the young Argentine had recently moved to Punta del Este to work in a gastronomic establishment during the season summery

They indicate that He developed an outstanding artistic career in his hometown where he worked as a tattoo artist. His creative versatility was manifested both in the tattoo art like in paintingwhere he mastered various techniques such as watercolor, oil and watercolor.

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Given his different artistic facets, the young He had created several profiles on Instagram, both the one he used personal wayanother to promote his I work as a tattoo artistand a third intended for share your artistic works.

The intense search in Punta del Este

The ship captain Sebastian Sorribasprefect of Maldonadonoted that the search is hampered by the geographical characteristics of the place: “The presence of rocks significantly hinders access to certain areas,” he explained and warned that the area where the incident occurred It is not enabled for bathers.

However, he stated: “I have not determined until when I will search, I’m going to search until I exhaust the meansuntil the area has expanded enough that it is not worth being here and you have to look wider. But searching never stops searching.”

On the other hand, the health authorities confirmed that the two rescued people are under medical observation in the Maldonado Hospitalwith a favorable prognosis. Meanwhile, the search operation remains activeconcentrating on the first 24 hours, considered crucial for these types of emergencies.

A PRENA statement reported that the personnel on duty received a call at 7:15 in the morning, in which they were notified about the difficulties that several people had in getting out of the water in that area. This is the part of Playa Brava located between the spas of Los Dedos and El Emir.

Finally, it was Franco Toro and two of his friends who could be rescued without difficulties. Alejandro Pérez, spokesperson for the Prefecture, indicated: “The incident occurred at dawn on Wednesday the first of the year.when a woman went into the sea and when she couldn’t stand and lost her balance, two men came to her aid.”

Rescue personnel went out to look for them and was able to rescue the woman and the friend. “They would be looking for the lady’s husband,” he added.

Source: Ambito

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