Overview
- A group of about ten students from CBTa 7 went to Presa de Cointzio and, after some boarded a kayak, two youths fell into the water and did not resurface.
- Coordinación Estatal de Protección Civil Michoacán divers led an underwater search supported by CRUM, Ambumed and Policía Morelia, and recovered one body while search operations for the second continue near the reservoir’s compuertas.
- Local coverage identifies the victims as Edwin Gerardo, 18, and Elliot/Eliot, 15, but officials have not publicly said which of the two was recovered.
- Preliminary reports say the students were socializing and allegedly consuming alcoholic beverages before the accident, a detail that authorities have not fully confirmed.
- Authorities are carrying out pericial (forensic) processing and continued dive operations, and the incident underscores safety risks at deep reservoirs and around sluice gates that officials may address in follow-up actions.