Cardiac Arrest

José André Marcía, 27, died while visiting Machu Picchu in Peru on Wednesday; authorities attribute the death to a possible cardiac arrest and kidney failure that struck him while he was sightseeing with friends.

A minibus driver died on September 22 while operating his route between Choloma, Puerto Cortés, and San Pedro Sula; preliminary reports suggest a heart attack, though the cause has not been officially confirmed.

Reina Pérez, a nurse at La Paz Hospital, collapsed and died suddenly on September 2 inside a business in Yarumela; authorities are investigating the cause, with preliminary reports suggesting cardiac arrest.

Edgar Haziel Nolasco Fiallos, a student at Instituto Técnico Federico C. Canales in Jesús de Otoro, Intibucá, collapsed during a school exercise class on August 12 and died at a hospital in Siguatepeque; preliminary reports suggest cardiac arrest.

José Luis Chirinos, the mayor of Manto in Olancho, died of cardiac arrest on Saturday while being transported by ambulance to a private hospital in Tegucigalpa, passing away near the Telica area before reaching the facility.