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Mexico's Holy Week Toll Reaches 46 in Jalisco, Sonora and Veracruz

The first official count points to deadly travel plus water hazards despite expanded holiday deployments.

Overview

  • State authorities' first post‑holiday tally reports 27 deaths in Jalisco, 15 in Sonora and 4 in Veracruz, with Tabasco reporting no fatalities.
  • Jalisco officials cite 118 road crashes that left 208 injured, plus six drownings in reservoirs and dams away from guarded beaches.
  • Emergency teams in Jalisco delivered 1,157 prehospital treatments, kept hospitals operating and used a helicopter to move a one‑year‑old for life‑saving care.
  • Sonora's cases span coastal drownings and traffic incidents, including a rescuer who died after saving four minors at Puerto Lobos and a non‑fatal beach shooting in San Carlos.
  • Veracruz logged four drownings but rescued 58 people, provided 276 medical attentions and closed some river sites in Tlapacoyan because of high water.