Overview
- Authorities in San Mateo del Mar, Oaxaca confirmed a mother died after entering the sea to pull her son from strong surf, and the boy later died at a hospital, while a 17-year-old volunteer named Lesly Sofía remains missing.
- The municipal government activated a coastal search alert for the teenager and asked residents, fishing crews, and security agencies to join patrols along the town’s beaches.
- Oaxaca’s civil protection office had warned since March of mar de fondo, a long-period swell that drives high waves and powerful rip currents along the state’s coast, including San Mateo del Mar.
- Separate from the Oaxaca tragedy, Mexico’s Navy reported multiple holiday rescues under Operación Salvavidas, including a swimmer aided in San Felipe, Baja California, and a 22-year-old man helped at Huatulco’s Playa Magueyito.
- In San Felipe, naval member Kevin Francisco Pérez Organista helped save two teens identified as Emily Hernández, 13, and Michel Manza, 17, later receiving formal recognition as the city also credited civilians Edgar Leal and Saúl Gómez for their roles.