By Wills Robinson and Steve Nolan PUBLISHED: 01:48 EST, 10 September 2013 | UPDATED: 09:16 EST, 10 September 2013 A Uruguayan man who was rescued after spending four months apparently lost in the Andes was on the run from child sex allegations, it has emerged. Raul Fernando Gomez Circunegui, 58, was rescued on Sunday after a group of Argentinians who were recording snow levels stumbled across him. He lost more than three stone during his apparent ordeal and was extremely malnourished. But it has since emerged that a warrant was issued for his arrest by authorities in Chile in connection with sex offences back in April.
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Raul Fernando Gomez Circunegui, 58, went missing in May
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he was said to have lost his way in on a trek from Chile to Argentina
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Argentine officials found him in a shelter 9,318 feet above sea level
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Chilean authorities issued an arrest warrant for him in April
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He is wanted in connection with alleged abuse of an eight-year-old
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