List of all shark attacks in mexico
Fatal Attacks
44
Unprovoked Attacks
68
Total Attacks
95
There have been a total of 95 shark attacks in MEXICO. Out of those, 44 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 46.32%. 68 attacks came out of the blue while 27 have been provoked by humans.
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| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manzanillo | Wading | FATAL | YES | 18yo Ema Aquilera Prada | |||
| Coatzacoalcos | Bathing | FATAL x 3 | YES | 3 men | |||
| Miramar Beach, Tampico | Bathing | U.S. destroyer John W. Weeks, 6 miles offshore, demonstrating guns & bombs for Mexican officials was thought to have driven the shark into the shallows where it bit the bather before other bathers drove it away with sticks & clubs. | NO | male | |||
| San Pedro Nolasco Island | Swimming ashore from capsized boat | FATAL | YES | Francisco R. Topete | |||
| Outside Vera Cruz Harbor | Dismantling cable buoys of the cable ship All America | No injury to occupants, shark rammed boat | NO | boat, occupants; Carl Sjoistrom & 2 other crew | |||
| 30-06-1968 | Afternoon | Not authenticated | No injury | NO | 43yo Robert Slatzer | ||
| Veracruz | 25-10-1967 | Swimming | FATAL | YES | "a youth" | ||
| Cabo Rojo | 05-02-1967 | 14h00 | The shrimper Loless Maurine capsized in heavy seas & the men were swimming ashore | FATAL | YES | Carlos Humberto Mendez & Esteban Robles | |
| Playa Villa del Mar | 07-09-1965 | 18h00 | 300-kg [662-lb] shark | Leg & arm bitten | NO | 23yo Miguel Salas Gonzalez | |
| Mocambo | 25-07-1965 | 17h00 | Bathing | FATAL, both legs severed | YES | 25yo Hector Serfio Trillio Jimenez |
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