A boat carrying 19 passengers overturned late Monday in Cancún, resulting in the deaths of four Mexican vacationers.
Additionally, the “Diosa del Mar” captain was taken into custody. What kind of craft the boat was was not disclosed by the authorities.
upon the ship “wrecked in the bay between Isla Mujeres and Cancún, when returning to its place of origin,” the Isla Mujeres City Council stated in a news release. The ship was traveling from Isla Mujeres to Cancún with 17 passengers and 2 crew members on board.
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“We express our solidarity with the families of the victims and with the people who were rescued,” the council stated.
Local law enforcement, the Mexican navy, and civil defense organizations saved the majority of the passengers. Hospitals received some of the patients.
They were all citizens of Mexico. If the boat was overcrowded, it was being investigated by the authorities. When the incident happened, the guests were supposedly on their way back to mainland Mexico after dining at a restaurant on the island.
State Attorney General Raciel López stated, “We are analyzing the weather conditions and the boat’s capacity, whether it had the capacity to carry those 19 people.”
Given its popularity with tourists, the Cancún region has seen similar boating accidents in the past.
A dive boat ran over two American divers in 2022, resulting in their deaths. A homemade bomb detonated on a passenger ferry in Playa del Carmen, a resort destination located further down the coast, in 2018, injuring twenty-two tourists.
