GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Recovery teams have retrieved one more body from the wreck of the MV Barima, as a multi-agency operation involving local and international divers continued on Friday in Guyana to locate those still missing following the maritime tragedy.

Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali, providing an update while meeting with the families of those still missing at the Operations Centre in Charity on Friday, said specialist divers had already completed two dives and there would be a third as they worked to safely penetrate the wreck.

“They are making progress in cutting things open and clearing, and as a result, they have been able to recover one more body so far from the wreck,” Ali said.