The bather rescued last Thursday afternoon in critical condition in the El Tancón cave, in Santiago del Teide, has died at the La Candelaria Hospital, where she remained hospitalized, sources close to the case informed Efe.
Restrictions and deaths do not scare off visitors: El Tancón cave is still “full” of people
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This 33-year-old woman, a Swiss national, was rescued along with two other people who bathed in this swimming pool, popularized by social networks., while another man disappeared and his body was located and recovered the next day. With her, six people have lost their lives in the El Tancón cave in the last five years.
The Blick newspaper describes this sea cave as “charmingly beautiful and seductive”, but at the same time as “a death trap”.
It also details that this woman, a neighbor of Bellinzona, where she ran for local elections, had just arrived in Tenerife to spend her vacations.
The mayor of Santiago del Teide, Emilio Navarro, has revealed this Monday that the visits of bathers continue despite the last accident and the announcement of the tightening of sanctions.
Navarro has said that the day after this event, when the Civil Guard was investigating in the area, there were those who bypassed the precincts or accessed this attractive but dangerous place by sea or by other roads. And two days later this buffet “was full.”
The mayor has reported that it is common for visitors to ask merchants or businessmen in the area about the Tancón, because “it is not easy to find it”, and when they warn them that it is dangerous “they come to insult them.”
He believes that from the Santiago del Teide City Council “little more” they can do, since the area is already signposted, with warnings of prohibition of passage and risks of drowning and landslides, and now with the announced tougher sanctions if the Police Local surprises bathers there.
