2 People Are Dead and 1 Is Missing in Climbing Accident on Mexico’s Highest Peak

Mexico's highest peak and the third highest in North America, Pico de Orizaba, or Citlaltepetl mountain, rises above the morning mist as seen from a Mexican Navy aircraft on a volcano monitoring mission in Mexico on July 23, 2013. Dario Lopez-Mills/AP Photo

MEXICO CITY—Two people died and another remains missing on Mexico’s Pico de Orizaba, the highest mountain in the country, authorities said Wednesday.

Authorities in the central state of Puebla said late Tuesday that rescuers had found the body of a guide who was leading an ascent of the 18,619 feet (5,675 meter) volcanic peak. Another person from the 12-member climbing group died earlier on the peak, which is also known by its Indigenous name Citlaltépetl.