Mourning in Mexican basketball; three players from Oaxaca die

Basketball in Mexico is in mourning after the death of three Oaxacan players in a car accident, which occurred last Wednesday in the vicinity of the El Mesón agency, in the municipality of San Andrés Cabecera Nueva, Oaxaca.

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Alicia Zúñiga Jiménez, Azucena Aparicio and Jazmín Hernández were traveling together when the car carrying them overturned.

Las Oaxacan players, of the Santa Cruz Itundujia women’s team, were destined for the basketball tournament that would be held in San Antonio Atoyaquillo, as part of the patron saint festivities.

It was reported that the player Rebeca Cisneros Jiménez, who was also in the car at the time of the accident, is hospitalized.

Salomón Jara Cruz, governor of Oaxaca, expressed his condolences to the families of the three players who lost their lives.

“I have issued instructions to our government agencies to provide the necessary support and accompaniment. We are with you in this difficult time,” she posted on social media.

Given the unfortunate accident that the Santa Cruz Itundujia women’s basketball team suffered, in the vicinity of El Mesón, San Andrés Cabecera Nueva, I want to express my condolences to the families of the three young women who lost their lives, one more is receiving…

— Salomón Jara Cruz (@salomonj) June 13, 2024

In turn, the Santa Cruz Itundujia City Council mourned the death of the three players, two of them from the municipality and the other from Oaxaca de Juárez.

“We join his family in this terrible loss hoping for their soon comfort,” he posted.

With deep sadness I regret the sensitive death of the young women of the women’s basketball team of the municipality of Santa Cruz Itundujia.

I express my condolences and solidarity in these difficult times to friends and family. We raise our prayers for the eternal… pic.twitter.com/lOv4jBL5LW

— Sergio López Sánchez (@SergioLopez_S) June 13, 2024

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