Two mummified bodies found on Mexico's highest peak appear to be embracing each other and their discovery could put an end to the mystery of climbers who vanished after an avalanche in 1959, officials said.
A mission to recover the bodies from the Pico de Orizaba was suspended until next Monday in order to build a special container to carry the remains intact, one of the rescue workers said Friday.
The expedition in the central state of Puebla was launched on Thursday after climbers found a frozen head sticking out of the glacier near the summit earlier in the week.
As two members of the expedition began to dig around the body, they discovered a second body, said Francisco Rodriguez, one of the mountaineers.
"Their position surprised us because they are apparently in an embrace. The arm of one of them is on the body of the other," Rodriguez told Radio Formula, adding that reddish pieces of clothing were on the bodies.
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