Overview

• The pair were struck directly by lightning while walking home on a rural trail between Ejido Pueblo Viejo and Nuevo Xoteapan in Las Choapas.
• They had gone to the cabecera municipal to buy the boy’s school supplies, and he was found wearing his new backpack with the items intact.
• Local residents found the bodies on the morning of Aug. 26 and notified authorities, who secured the area and conducted the removal and diligences.
• Recent reports identify the victims as 44-year-old Martín Quirasco and his nephew Edilberto, 11, correcting early accounts that described them as a father and son.
• Coverage places the strike on Aug. 25 during a storm, though one earlier report cited Aug. 26, and relatives said the wakes would be held in Nuevo Xoteapan.