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Kevin de Jesús Rivera, 20, Found Dead After Tonalá Floodwaters Swept Him Away

The recovery followed a 36-hour, multi-agency search during a deadly rainy season in Jalisco.

Overview

  • Authorities located the body around 11:50 a.m. on September 17 in a watercourse inside Parque Luis Quintanar, roughly 4 kilometers downstream from where he went missing, and transferred it to forensic services for identification.
  • Kevin was swept away in the early hours of September 16 while attempting to cross the Arroyo El Rosario on his motorcycle during heavy rains in the Lomas de la Soledad area.
  • About 30 responders from Tonalá and Guadalajara fire departments, state authorities, municipal police, Protección Civil and the state search commission conducted the search using drones and aquatic techniques.
  • Search teams reported debris and trash in the arroyo complicated operations, echoing residents’ warnings that clogged channels become hazardous during the rainy season.
  • State civil protection reported that weather-related fatalities in Jalisco have risen to 19 this season, with Kevin’s death included in the tally.