Frustration grows in search for Acapulco sailors lost in hurricane

Soldiers of the Mexican Navy recover a sunken boat, after Hurricane Otis, in Acapulco, Mexico, November 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/file photo

ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Families of Mexican sailors missing since Hurricane Otis last month devastated the seaside resort of Acapulco are pleading for more help in the search for loved ones, frustrated by a lack of progress and government assistance.

Hurricane Otis, which roared through Acapulco in the early hours of Oct. 25, was the most powerful storm on record to strike Mexico's Pacific coast, killing at least 48 people and wrecking thousands of homes in the city of nearly 900,000.