Argentina Charges 26-Year-Old Dive Instructor in 23-Year-Old Student's Death
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Updated · The Daily Beast · Jul 8
Argentina Charges 26-Year-Old Dive Instructor in 23-Year-Old Student's Death
3 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · Jul 8
Summary
Argentine prosecutors charged diving instructor Thiago Nahuel Pocovi, 26, with manslaughter over the Feb. 16 death of student Sofia Devries, 23, after she vanished during a scuba lesson off Chubut.
Prosecutors said Pocovi violated safety protocols and regulations for professional diving instructors while leading a group of seven divers in Golfo Nuevo.
Devries, who was taking the lesson with her boyfriend to advance her scuba certification, was found dead two days later about 65 feet underwater; an autopsy ruled drowning.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office is still deciding whether to send the case to trial, extending a case that began with her boyfriend’s public appeal to help find her after the underwater accident.