Family buries sailor lost in Acapulco storm after painful wait

Relatives look on as the coffin of Jose Ramiro Castro Garcia, who died during Hurricane Otis while working aboard a ship, is buried at El Palmar cemetery in Acapulco, Mexico, November 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - After days of uncertainty, Mexican authorities turned over the body of Jose Ramiro Castro, a sailor who died aboard a tourist boat during Hurricane Otis, a Category 5 storm which hammered the Pacific resort city of Acapulco last week.

Loved ones were at last able to bury Castro on Friday afternoon in Acapulco, ten days after the record-breaking storm hit the city with severe flooding and winds of 165 miles per hour (266 kph), severing communications, devastating homes and businesses and shattering livelihoods.