Eagle County searchers have recovered the body of a missing 32-year-old man from Mexico who was rafting on the Colorado River and swept away.
Searchers found the body of a man identified by the Eagle County Coroner as Isaac Montano Rivera, from Chihuahua, Mexico, near Lyons Gulch, north of Dotsero, Eagle County Sheriff officials announced Thursday in a news release.
Rivera went missing Sunday afternoon after an accident along the river near the Cottonwood Boat Ramp. A group of people was trying to save rafters who’d fallen into the river when rescuers initially reached the scene. One man was pulled from the water, resuscitated, and transferred to a hospital. But Rivera could not be found.
Since Sunday, searchers have used boats and kayaks, and dog teams looking along the banks of the river. They also deployed an aerial drone and sonar technology in their efforts to find him, officials said. On Wednesday shortly before noon, searchers received a call from Lyons Gulch and went to the river, where they found the body.
