Four tourists died in Mexicooff the coast of the city of Cancun, after a boat carrying 19 people sank. The shipwreck occurred on the ship called “The Goddess of the Sea“, which carried 17 local tourists and two crew members.
At the moment when the boat was returning to Puerto Juárez, tragedy occurred, as it sank between Islas Mujeres and Cancín, in the state Mexican of Quintana Roo.
The tourists boarded the boat bound for Isla Mujeres, to go to the Perla Negra restaurant bar. However, on the boat there were 19 tourists on board, when its capacity was for 16.
Among the people traveling were 14 adults, a baby, two minors, the captain and the tour guide, according to local media. According to what they reported, the ship It was destabilized by a wave caused by a larger vessel.
In addition, the Mexican media, El Universal, targeted the restaurant where the tourists went, who according to them operate “irregularly like a passenger dock“, so the place does not have official personnel to verify the number of people on board, the life jackets or that everything is in sailing condition.
After the sinking, he participated in the personal rescue of the Secretary of the Navy, Civil Protection and the Secretary of Citizen Security and they managed to save most of the tourists.
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The four who died after the shipwreck were a man, two women and a 10-year-old childwhile the baby, a woman and a man are in serious condition after being rescued from the water.
Racial López Salazarthe attorney general of Quintana Ro, reported that the state Prosecutor’s Office is analyzing the weather conditions to determine what caused the shipwreck. Furthermore, he stated that the Isla Mujeres Police arrested the captain of the boatidentified as Ramón CM, to prevent him from escaping.
Source: Ambito
