In a devastating incident, four climbers lost their lives on Sunday while attempting to ascend the highest peak in Mexico, according to officials.
The ill-fated climbers were scaling the slopes of the “Pico de Orizaba” volcano, which stands at an impressive 5,600 meters in southern central Mexico.
The Civil Protection agency in the state of Puebla, through a Facebook post, confirmed that the retrieval process for the bodies is currently underway.
The office said two of the climbers were from the neighboring state of Veracruz and at least one was from Puebla. The peak stands on the border between the two states.
Accidents on the peak are common, and since 2015 rescuers and climbers have found at least three mummified bodies in the snow there. They apparently were climbers lost in a 1959 avalanche.
In 2018, the US Embassy in Mexico said a member of the US diplomatic mission died while climbing on the mountain.
