Alexander Pantoja Bertot, an employee of the Electric Company of Santiago de Cuba who had been missing for three days, was found deceased this Sunday, the company itself reported.
In a statement published on Facebook, the company specified that Pantoja's body was located in the morning hours by a group of park rangers in the area of El Palmar, which belongs to the municipality of Contramaestre.
The state entity indicated that experts and relevant authorities are at the site, tasked with investigating the circumstances and causes of the death.
"The Santiago electrical family receives today news that fills us with sadness and dismay," stated the official communication.
The Electric Company recalled that Alexander had disappeared while performing work duties and emphasized that his death leaves "a deep void" among his colleagues.
"Alexander was one of us, a colleague who was part of this great family of electrical workers," the institution stated.
The statement concluded with a message of condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of the deceased worker: "Rest in peace, comrade Alexander. The Santiago electrical family will not forget you."
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 have been conducting an intensive search.
Initially, the Electric Company and its relatives had sought help to locate him after he did not return from a workday in which he was inspecting an electrical line connected to the Gota Blanca reservoir, in an area between Palma Soriano and Contramaestre.
The search grew as the hours passed. Dozens of electrical workers joined the operation, along with canine brigades, police, rescuers, and farmers, while preparations were also made for the use of drones to enhance aerial tracking.
Her family made several public appeals during those days. Her sister, Yaima Bertot, requested information from anyone who might know what had happened and even raised the possibility that someone may have intervened in the disappearance, after the dogs lost the trail of Pantoja.
This Saturday, Aris Arias Batalla, provincial chief of Operations and Relief for the Red Cross in Santiago de Cuba, informed on Facebook that new measures had been coordinated to strengthen aerial and land searches for Pantoja starting this Sunday, including the use of drones.
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