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Tourist Dies In ATM Cave
posted (November 17, 2017)
A tourist has died in the Cayo District.

Yesterday 68-year-old American Doctor Madhukar Jiggini, his wife, and other tourists were doing a river crossing at the Actun Tunichil Muknal, or ATM cave in the TeaKettle Village when Jiggini began to feel weak and lost consciousness.

He was taken out of the water and transported to the Western Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead. No sign of foul play or violence is suspected. The police are waiting for the results of the postmortem examination.

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