Maximo Napa was rescued in his small fishing boat after being spotted by an Ecuadoran vessel off the coast of northern Peru.

Máximo Napa had set sail on December 7 from the port of San Juan de Marcona, in Ica, but the weather conditions caused his boat to lose its course and end up at sea. Máximo Napa had set sail on December 7 from the port of San Juan de Marcona,

A Peruvian fisherman who set off for a trip in early December has been found alive and well, having survived on rainwater and a variety of animals. Máximo Napa Castro, 65, was missing for 95 days in the Pacific Ocean after what was meant to be a two-week trip at most turned into a nightmare when a storm blew him off course.