Alexander Pantoja Bertot, an employee of the Electric Company of Santiago de Cuba who had been missing since last Thursday, was found dead this Sunday, the company reported.
In a statement published on Facebook, the company specified that the body was found in the morning by a team of park rangers in the area of El Palmar, part of the Contramaestre municipality.
The entity stated that experts and competent authorities are on-site, responsible for investigating the circumstances and causes of the death.
"The Santiago electric family received news today that fills us with sadness and dismay," the statement noted.
The Electric Company reminded that Alexander had disappeared while performing work duties and emphasized that his death leaves "a deep void" among his colleagues.
"Alexander was one of ours, a colleague who was part of this great family of electrical workers," stated the institution.
The statement concluded with a message of condolence to the family, friends, and colleagues of the deceased worker: "Rest in peace, comrade Alexander. The Santiago electrical family will not forget you," wrote the Electric Company.
Alexander Pantoja Bertot had disappeared last Thursday while performing work duties in a rural area of Santiago de Cuba, and since then, local government authorities had been conducting an extensive search.
Initially, the Electric Company and its family members had requested assistance in locating him after he failed to return from a workday during which he was inspecting an electrical line connected to the Gota Blanca reservoir, in an area between Palma Soriano and Contramaestre.
The search intensified over the hours. Dozens of electrical workers joined the operation, along with canine squads, police, rescuers, and farmers, while preparations were also made to employ drones for broader aerial tracking.
His family made several public appeals during those days. His sister, Yaima Bertot, requested information from anyone who might know what had happened and even suggested the possibility that someone might have intervened in Alexander's disappearance after the dogs lost his scent.
This Saturday, Aris Arias Batalla, provincial head of Operations and Relief of the Red Cross in Santiago de Cuba, announced in a Facebook post that new measures had been coordinated to strengthen the aerial and land search for Alexander starting this Sunday, including the use of drones.
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