A 66-year-old Venezuelan diver died after failing to resurface during an operation to refloat the MV Barima on Wednesday evening, police said.
Dead is Luis Martinez, who was pulled from the water by fellow crew members after approximately 20 minutes underwater.
According to the Guyana Police Force (GPF), the incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. on October 28, approximately 10 nautical miles off the coast of Anna Regina.
Martinez had departed the Kingston Wharf in Georgetown at about 5:14 p.m. aboard a vessel with several other crew members to assist in refloating THE vessel.
Upon reaching the location, he entered the water to carry out diving operations. When he failed to resurface after approximately 20 minutes, the crew became concerned and used a rope attached to his body to pull him from the water.
Police said Martinez was motionless and frothing at the mouth when he was retrieved.
He was transported to the Transport and Harbours Department Wharf at Stabroek, Georgetown, where ambulance personnel were summoned. A doctor pronounced him dead at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 29.
An examination revealed no marks of violence on the exposed parts of his body, police said.
His body was taken to Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, where it awaits a post-mortem examination to establish the cause of death.
Investigations are continuing.
