Overview

• A 68-year-old man from Tonila, Jalisco, was exposed in mid-May to a rabid cow and developed symptoms days later.
• He first sought care locally, entered a private hospital in Colima on August 7 under a rabies protocol, was transferred to IMSS Colima on August 17 in critical condition, and died days later.
• The national reference lab InDRE confirmed rabies as the cause of death, and authorities assigned the case to Jalisco because the exposure occurred there.
• Colima health officials note the state has recorded no confirmed human rabies cases in residents since 1987.
• Earlier in August, Zacatecas confirmed a 17-year-old from Mezquital del Oro died on August 24 after a skunk attack, making this the second fatal human rabies case in Mexico in 2025; health agencies urge animal vaccination and prompt, free post‑exposure prophylaxis.