MADRID (Reuters) – Three crew members have been rescued from a Spanish fishing trawler that sank off the east coast of Canada, Spain’s government spokesperson Isabel Rodriguez told reporters on Tuesday.
“We follow with concern and preoccupation the search and rescue operation. We are in coordination and permanent contact with these rescue services,” she told a news conference.
Spanish media reported that there were 22 sailors aboard the vessel when it went down.
(Reporting by Emma Pinedo and Inti Landauro; Editing by Nathan Allen)
