Overview
- Local authorities in Rosarito, Baja California, responded after a dead whale drifted to shore by the Hotel Rosarito pier.
- Crews used heavy machinery to move the carcass onto the sand before disposal.
- ZOFEMAT, which manages Mexico’s federal maritime zone, coordinated municipal, state, and federal teams to dig about six meters into the beach for the burial.
- The operation concluded late at night, with officials saying the work aimed to reduce health and environmental risks from the decay.
- Officials estimated the whale at roughly nine meters long and said the cause of death remains unknown, with no necropsy findings reported.