A young fisherman diving for scallops in the Pacific Ocean off the Mexican coast was mauled and killed by a 13-foot-long great white shark, authorities said.
The victim, identified by local media as Víctor Alejandro Soto García, 22, was attacked by the super predator on December 29 in the Gulf of California, near Playa Tojahui, a beach in the town of Huatabampo, Sonora state, according to to the Diario de Noticias de México.
He was freediving when a great white shark estimated to be 13 feet long ripped off his left leg, according to reports.
“The young man’s body was taken by his fellow fishermen to the Yavaros dock,”said the Sonora Civil Protection agency, CEPC.
Despite efforts to save his life, García died instantly.
Garcia was not wearing a shark-repellent bracelet at the time of the fatal attack, agency officials said.
Scallop fisherman Víctor Alejandro Soto García, 22, was killed by a great white shark off the coast of Mexico. jam press
These devices emit electronic signals or chemicals intended to prevent sharks from approaching people in the water.
Last year, about 100 anti-shark bracelets were given to local fishermen in the state of Sonora.
As a result of the deadly incident, the Sonora Civil Protection agency urged fishermen to “have the necessary preventive measures to carry out their activities.”
People gather at the site of the attack. Jam Press Boats seen in the water near the site of the attack. jam press
Five scallop fishermen were killed by sharks off the coast of Sonora in 2022 and 2023, according to El Financiero.
Just weeks before García’s death, a 76-year-old Belgian man was killed by a shark or crocodile on a beach in Ixtapa, Guerrero.
In early December, a shark claimed the life of a 26-year-old mother in the water off the city of Melaque while she was lifting her son onto a floating platform.
Fernández Martínez Jiménez, a former marine biology student at the University of Guadalajara, bled to death after the marine predator bit her leg.
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