Overview
- Firefighters located the group during the early hours after several hours of searching on Cerro del Cacique.
- The operation drew the Cuerpo de Bomberos de Zitácuaro, local rescue brigades, volunteers, Municipal Police, and the Guardia Civil.
- Responders noted mild dehydration and hypothermia only, with no risk to life.
- Per protocol, the adolescents were taken to Municipal Police facilities and later released to their parents.
- Local reports indicate a call from one youth to his mother helped guide rescuers.