Thursday, January 26, 2023 | 3:30 p.m.
As the hours go by, there are more questions than certainties surrounding the mysterious disappearance of Rodrigo Salguero, the 26-year-old Argentine who was backpacking through South America but who last week left the hostel where he was staying in the city of Olmedo, Ecuador, and left no trace. While the corresponding investigation is being carried out, Leandro, the brother of the disappeared young man, is expected to arrive in Ecuadorian lands today, who will meet with the investigators to receive any news that may be available so far.
Diplomatic sources consulted by Infobae confirmed that around noon -Ecuador time- the arrival of Leandro Salguero to the city of Guayaquil is scheduled. Upon his arrival, Rodrigo’s brother will meet with the authorities in charge of the search to find out all the details. Then, the Argentine Embassy in Ecuador will issue a press release in which it will inform the news of the case. “We are seeing various situations,” they explained to this medium.
Yesterday, in dialogue with the news channel DNews, Leandro said that the last communication with Rodrigo was through Facebook and Instagram. “He told me ‘chubby’, he gave me ‘GGG’, and from there no other communication,” he assured.
Leandro also ratified the version about the robbery that his brother suffered after his arrival in the city of Olmedo, which could have been decisive for him to go into shock and decide to withdraw from the lodging without prior notice. “The people who were hosting him told us that he left with a backpack and came back without it, only with his shoes in hand and saying that everything had been stolen. Backpack, phone, everything. They left him with what he was wearing, ”lamented the young man from Mendoza.
According to the speculations of Rodrigo’s closest circle, Leandro estimated that “he was very scared by what he experienced and has panicked.” And along the same lines, he added: “I think he was not in his right mind because of this medium and he decided to leave without thinking that he could do worse.”
In another section of the interview, Leandro said that the strongest clue about Rodrigo’s whereabouts led investigators to the city of Guayaquil. “They have probably seen him in Guayaquil. There is nothing certain but there is an 80% chance that it is true. A man who helped him put him on a bus and sent him directly to the terminal. Rodri had no cash, he had nothing. These people lent him money and asked the bus driver to please take him to the Guayaquil terminal,” he explained to the aforementioned Ecuadorian outlet.
“It was his first backpacking trip. He was always an enthusiast in every way. Here he studied engineering, he is an English teacher. He liked working in bars, as a mechanic, an electrician, everything… He is extremely intelligent and can do anything, but this is getting out of hand,” Leandro concluded before boarding the plane and traveling to Ecuador.
According to the consular sources consulted by this outlet, Salguero’s family communicated last Monday night with the national diplomatic authorities in Ecuadorian territory, and that is why the Argentine consulate recently asked the Prosecutor’s Office to begin the search this Tuesday. , which was left in charge of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the National Police of Ecuador.
“On Sunday, January 22, 2023, a telephone call was received from Mr. Leandro Alfredo SALGUERO to alert him about his brother Rodrigo Salguero whose whereabouts are unknown. He reported that the last contact was on January 19, 2023 ″, says the statement released yesterday from the Argentine Embassy in Ecuador.
Rodrigo, born in the department of Rivadavia, Mendoza, is 1.75 meters tall and has dark hair. Anyone who wants to collaborate with information about his whereabouts can contact +5492634254939 by phone.
