The Spanish Civil Guard has announced that a private diver discovered a pair of jeans in the waters around Los Cancajos, a location within the municipality of Breña Baja in La Palma, while searching for Airam, a 20-year-old man with autism who has been missing since February 16. Airam disappeared during the Indianos festival, a key event of the Carnival in La Palma, and his last known location was when he disembarked from a bus in Santa Cruz de La Palma, with his mobile signal last detected at Los Cancajos, about five kilometers away.

Search efforts have been ongoing since Airam's disappearance, involving both land and maritime operations, but have thus far yielded no results in locating the young man. The identification of the jeans is significant as it may provide new leads in understanding what happened to him and in guiding further search operations. The Civil Guard is coordinating these efforts and plans to increase their focus on the coastal areas once weather alerts for maritime phenomena are lifted, indicating the challenges faced in such search and rescue operations.

This incident highlights the ongoing concerns regarding the safety of individuals with autism, especially in crowded and chaotic environments like festivals, as well as the collective efforts of local authorities and the community in seeking to locate missing persons. The search for Airam continues to mobilize resources and attention, underscoring the deep investment of the community in finding him.