Overview
- Mexico City and Puebla prosecutors are examining registration, oversight and rescue coordination details to determine any procedural failings that contributed to the 14-year-old’s fatal climb.
- The Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas will require minors to present proof of adult accompaniment and introduce enhanced identity checks at mountain entry points.
- Paolo Sánchez Carrasco registered as a day hiker on July 12 without demonstrating adult supervision, began his ascent at Paso de Cortés and was reported missing on July 16 under an Amber Alert from the FGJCDMX.
- Rescue teams from federal, state and volunteer alpine brigades located his body on July 19 near Dos Portillos at roughly 4,780 meters, and a Puebla necropsy confirmed hypothermia as the cause of death.
- Current park rules ban only children under seven from entering alone, a policy gap that officials say will be addressed by the pending reforms.