A Filipino welder who went missing after an accident in an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico was found dead, the Philippine Embassy in Washington said on Wednesday (Manila time).

In a statement, the embassy said the body of 38-year-old Peter Jorge Voces was recovered by divers from the United States Coast Guard at the accident site at around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

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