SANTIAGO, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The bodies of the three Argentine climbers, who disappeared last week in the Marmolejo mountain in the Chilean Andes, were located Monday by a specialized team of the Chilean law enforcement gendarmerie Carabineros.
In a press statement, the police said a multidisciplinary high mountain team of the Carabineros Special Police Operations Group deployed on Marmolejo located the bodies of the three mountaineers.
The bodies were spotted Monday morning in the snow by a helicopter searching at an altitude of 18,550 feet (5,654 meters). ■
