The son of a Spanish-Venezuelan billionaire was killed in a boating accident during a fishing competition in the Florida Keys. Juan Carlos Escotet Alviárez, 31, dived into the water to rescue his fiancée after she fell overboard, only to get himself caught up in the boat’s propeller. He died of his injuries while his girlfriend, Andrea Montero, 30, swam clear.
Escotet was the youngest son of the banker Juan Carlos Escotet Rodriguez, owner of the Banesco Bank, for which he worked in Miami.
Billionaire banker’s son killed by boat propeller while trying to save fiancée
The son of a billionaire banker was killed by a boat propeller while desperately trying to save his fiancée during a Florida Keys fishing competition.
Juan Carlos Escotet Alviarez — the 31-year-old son of Venezuela-based Banesco president Juan Carlos Escotet Rodriguez — died Saturday afternoon after jumping into waters about six miles off north Key Largo as he and fiancée Andrea Montero, 30, tried to snag sailfish from a 60-foot boat, the Miami Herald reported.
Escotet Alviarez dove into the water to try to save Montero when she fell overboard, but hit the vessel’s propeller immediately and died from his injuries, according to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report obtained by the newspaper.
The pair were taking part in a fishing tournament organized by the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo. The FWC report did not cite Montero’s condition and a call seeking additional comment from the agency was not immediately returned Monday.
Escotet Alviarez was the youngest of Escotet Rodriguez’s sons, Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional reported.
