A young fisherman diving for clams in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico was mauled to death by a 13-foot great white shark, authorities said.
The victim, identified by local media as 22-year-old Victor Alejandro Soto Garcia, was attacked by the apex predator on December 29 in the Gulf of California near Playa Tojahui, a beach in the city of Huatabampo, Sonora state, according to Mexico News Daily.
He was freediving when a great white estimated to be 13 feet long bit his left leg, according to reports.
“The body of the young man was taken by his fellow fishermen to the jetty in Yavaros,” Sonora Civil Protection agency CEPC said.
Despite lifesaving efforts, Garcia died at the scene.
Garcia was not wearing a shark repellent bracelet at the time of the fatal attack, agency officials said.
Shellfisher Victor Alejandro Soto Garcia, 22, was killed by a great white shark off the coast of Mexico. Jam Press
Such devices emit electronic or chemical signals intended to deter sharks from approaching people in the water.
About 100 anti-shark bracelets were handed out to local fishermen in the state of Sonora last year.
Following the fatal incident, the Sonora Public Protection agency urged fishermen to “have the necessary preventive measures to carry out their activities.”
People gathered at the scene. A Jam Press boat was seen on the water near the scene. Jam Press
Five shellfish fishermen were killed by sharks off the coast of Sonora in 2022 and 2023, according to El Financiero.
Just weeks before Garcia’s death, a 76-year-old Belgian man was killed by either a shark or a crocodile on a beach in Ixtapa, Guerrero.
In early December, the life of a 26-year-old mother was claimed by a shark in the waters of the city of Melaque while she was raising her child on a floating platform.
Fernandez Martinez Jimenez, a former marine biology student at the University of Guadalajara, bled to death after the marine predator choked on his leg.
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