LIMA – An injured Spanish spelunker trapped in a 400-metre deep cave in Peru has been rescued, ending his 12-day ordeal.
Cecilio Lopez Sanchez, 40, was trapped about two weeks ago while exploring a cave in Chachapoyas in northeastern Peru.
A 50-person team of explorers descended more than two kilometres to reach Sanchez, who was evacuated on Tuesday on a stretcher after the complicated, hours-long mission from the Intimachay cave in the Andes’ Leimebamba region.
A Peruvian air force helicopter airlifted the spelunker to the area’s only airport in Chachapoyas.
The Madrid native was later moved to hospital in the Peruvian capital, Lima, where he is reported to be recovering well.
