Overview
- One member of the group called the Centro de Comando y Control (C2)/911 late on Saturday which prompted a coordinated response from Mexico City police and firefighters that located the youths.
- Rescuers reached the group in the Tercera Sección of Bosque de Chapultepec and carried out a technical extraction from a ravine reported to be about 20 meters deep using ropes and carabiners, according to rescue accounts.
- All nine adolescents, reported to be about 17 to 20 years old, were brought out alive early Sunday and officials said they did not require medical attention before leaving from a Tacubaya exit.
- The youths told rescuers they had been trying to reach a waypoint called 'Casa de la Tía Toña' when they became trapped, and authorities said they will clarify the circumstances of how the group got into the hazardous area.
- The operation shows how C2/911, the SSC and the Heroico Cuerpo de Bomberos coordinate mountain-rescue work in Chapultepec and underscores the park's steep barrancas that can quickly become dangerous for hikers.