Four hikers dead in Mexico after falling at Pico de Orizaba

Four Mexican men were killed during a hiking accident on the Pico de Orizaba on Saturday, authorities in the central state of Puebla said.

The climbers were scaling the active volcano – the highest mountain in the country and third in North America – when they fell approximately 16,400 feet.

The Puebla civil defense said that the climbing accident took place on the southern side of the volcano mountain - also known by its indigenous name Citlaltépetl - in the municipality of Atzitzintla.

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