A 22-year-old woman dies on scaling an active volcano in Mexico, an off-limits volcano

A Mexican female mountaineer died and was injured when her fellow climbers climbed a very active and off-limits peak. Did. Popocatepetl volcano.

A Mexican volunteer mountain rescue and support brigade confirmed on Friday that climbers had fallen into a canyon about 1,000 feet from the crater of the volcano, suggesting that they had reached or near the crater. did.

The 17,797-foot-high volcanic crater has been belching toxic smoke, ash, and incandescent rock masses for almost 30 years.

Civil defense authorities have strictly prohibited climbers from entering within 7.5 miles of the summit since they began to erupt again in 1994.

Valentín Martínez Castillo, mayor of the nearby town of Ozumba,identified the dead womanas a 22-year-old resident of the town, adding that her father identified her. ..

Martínez Castillo, a social media account, said that in an area called "Las Cruces", climbers fell about 150 feet from the canyon, and the female body and surviving climbers were successfully removed from the summit. I am writing. ..

"I am very sorry to have lost a young woman," Martínez Castillo wrote with gratitude. Rescue team efforts.

Mountain Rescue and Assistance Brigade posted anotice on social mediaFriday reading: "She shouldn't have died. The lives of you and others. Don't risk it. Popocatepetl volcano is closed. "

The National Disaster Prevention Center of the country said," Do not go near volcanoes, especially craters, because of the risk of ballistic debris falling. I am calling on people to do so. "

Popocatepetl Mountain is located 45 miles southeast of Mexico City, with occasional showers in surrounding towns and parts of the capital. It is one of the most active volcanoes in Mexico and is considered the fifth highest mountain in North America.