The Mexican Navy rescued two fishermen after they had been drifting in the Pacific Ocean in a cooler box for five days. At the time of their rescue, they were more than 240 kilometers off the coast of the state of Chiapas, the Navy said in a statement.
The men, aged 53 and 32, had set out to fish in a boat but contact with them was lost on 14 August.
Five days later, rescue teams spotted them on the open sea. The search operation began after members of a fishing cooperative alerted authorities and requested assistance in locating the two missing men.
The Navy subsequently launched a search operation involving both air and sea assets, deploying a ship, an interceptor boat, and an aircraft.
The teams eventually discovered the two fishermen approximately 130 nautical miles (241 kilometers) off the coast of Chiapas.
