Mexico City /
Personnel of the Rescue and Medical Emergency Squad (ERUM) and elements of the Metropolitan Police Unit, Fox Task Force —both from the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) of Mexico City— rescued four men who suffered a fall in the area known as the Eagle Peakin the Tlalpan mayor’s office.
Civil Protection (PC) elements also arrived at the scene of the events, who, together with the capital authorities, received the report of four people lost at the top of the hill, located at kilometer 15+500 of the Picacho Ajusco Circuit, in the Santo Tomás Ajusco neighborhood.
How did people know they were lost?
Given these events, officers and emergency services moved to the scene, where, in a place located on the Ajusco Circuit, they met with a man who identified himself as in charge of the area.
The witness confirmed that: “he was aware of four people lost at the top of the place, with whom they were able to communicate by telephone and mentioned that when climbing the mountain they got lost and fell into a rock from which they could no longer leave.”
Given this, the SSC personnel implemented a search plan that consisted of accessing the mountain; However, due to the difficulty of the terrain and the weather, they took four different routes.until they located the men on a rock that was difficult to access.
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What is Eagle Peak?
“Located south of Mexico City, in the Tlalpan delegation; Pico del Águila is the second highest point in the Valley of Mexico at 3,880 meters above sea level (masl). It is part of the region known as Ajusco , a name of Nahuatl origin and which translates, according to some sources, as a forest of waters or a place where water and flowers abound”, mentions the official website of the place.
How were the men rescued?
Subsequently, with the use of alpine rescue techniques and tactics, the specialized personnel of the SSC descended, with ropes, to where the men were to rescue them.
“Once the people were rescued, they were descended to safety and ERUM paramedics diagnosed two 21-year-old men, one 22-year-old and one 23-year-old, as clinically stable.”
It is worth mentioning that the victims left on their own in the company of their families, but not before thanking the workers who rescued them for their support.
“The personnel of the specialized areas of the Metropolitan Police and the ERUM of the Secretariat of Citizen Security are trained to respond to emergencies that require specialized strategies for searching and locating lost people in areas of difficult access and maintain coordination with the Civil Protection agencies. to carry out rescues that protect the physical integrity of people.”
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