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Missing 71-Year-Old Mountaineer Found Alive After Three Days in Michoacán

A coordinated drone-and-canine search led rescuers to Dámaso Ruiz Cázares near Tzentzengaro.

Overview

  • Ruiz Cázares reached the community of Tzentzengaro in Tiquicheo and was evaluated by paramedics, who reported him stable.
  • He had been unlocated since September 29 after becoming disoriented during a descent from Los Picachos in Tuzantla.
  • The Coordinación Estatal de Protección Civil Michoacán, municipal patrols and the Guardia Civil conducted the search using drones and search dogs.
  • The Fiscalía General del Estado issued search bulletin No. 1013/2025 as part of the initial response.
  • Ruiz Cázares is a leader of the Espíritus Osados hiking club, whose members and other volunteers aided the search effort.