A parachutist has been found dead 24 hours after deviating from his planned jump route.
The body of Julio Enrique Burbano Ibarra was discovered in a field almost a full day after vanishing in mid-air.
He plunged to his death after straying far from the planned landing zone during a skydiving session in San José Vista Hermosa in Morelos State, Mexico.
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The 50-year-old tourist, who came from the Colombian capital Bogotá, jumped from the plane at around 3pm on Saturday (8 Aug).
Fellow jumpers touched down safely at the designated spot.
But Julio vanished from view and never arrived.
Search teams from the aviation club and emergency services launched an immediate hunt.
Operations halted overnight because of poor visibility and resumed early on Sunday, as reported by Need To Know.
They found his body around 3pm in a crop field near a hotel complex several miles from the landing zone.
State prosecutors recovered the remains and opened a formal investigation into the exact circumstances of the victim’s death.
Officials have yet to confirm the precise cause.
The authorities are examining the aviation club’s operations and safety procedures.
Civil protection teams are also reviewing extreme sports firms that operate from local airfields.
The tragedy has sparked fresh questions over safety standards for recreational skydiving in the tourist zone.
Similar incidents in recent years have included emergency landings in fields and wind-blown drifts into populated areas.
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