The skipper from Salerno who disappeared in the Caribbean had sent out an emergency signal on June 22

Several days have passed now and Rocco Acocella, the skipper from Salerno of about 30 years, there is still no news. The investigations are continuing quickly after the family had alerted the Farnesina, the French consulate and all the competent Italian authorities in recent days. Yesterday, details emerged that could prove useful to the investigations. As his sister Elisabetta announced on her Facebook profile: “It has been made official that Rocco Acocella Rocco Roverandom launched the emergency signal from a Plbl device on June 22, 2019 at 19.31:13 pm UTC. The coordinates detected when the device was activated are: 18° 9' 71” N 50° 1′ 0 “XNUMX “. Therefore, Rocco had launched an SOS a couple of days after his departure from Saint Martin, in the Caribbean where he left his girlfriend Annabel Adler who was supposed to return to Italy, to reach the Colombian port of Barranquilla, before moving to Ecuador where he was supposed to act as a tour guide for an international tour operator. In the meantime, the Farnesina continues to be in direct contact with the family but so far no reports seem to have arrived. The greatest concern concerns the search area, too vast to further complicate the search in the Caribbean Sea. Rocco's girlfriend, of German nationality, also joined the appeal launched by the family of the young man from Salerno to ask for maximum sharing and diffusion: Rocco could still be alive and right now time is precious and should not be wasted. The Salerno deputy of the Democratic Party, Piero De Luca, son of the governor of Campania, Vincenzo De Luca, also intervened on the matter: "From what we learn from the competent bodies, the Farnesina has promptly activated the diplomatic channels and the necessary crisis actions. The search for Rocco is continuing without stopping on the basis of all the available elements, most recently the emergency report that could indicate the area where the vessel is located. This is a complex case that I hope will have a positive conclusion. However, it is necessary to continue without stopping the search that the Farnesina has already activated, for a positive resolution of the matter”.