World · Latin America · 6 hrs ago
Teenager wakes in coffin during wake in Guatemala
Yuleidy Ixcotoyac, a 15-year-old from El Jocote in Guatemala’s Quiché department, woke inside her coffin during her family’s wake.
Her father said she became unconscious while he was driving her to hospital and he thought she had died when he could not detect breathing or a pulse.
She did not enter the hospital, and the family took her home in a coffin.
After nearly eight hours of the wake, her mother noticed movement and the teenager began to wake up.
People at the wake helped her out and offered her water.
Yuleidy said she had felt pain in her heart before losing consciousness.
Guatemala’s health authorities have not publicly commented, and no further official explanation is given.
Yuleidy Ixcotoyac, a 15-year-old girl in Guatemala, woke inside her coffin during her wake.
Her family had believed she was dead after her father said she had stopped breathing and had no pulse while he was taking her to hospital.
She had not received medical care before the family took her home and arranged a wake lasting nearly eight hours.
Her mother said she saw Yuleidy move, and videos showed the teenager waking and being helped out of the coffin.
Guatemala’s health authorities had not commented on the incident, according to VEJA.
- Who
- Yuleidy Ixcotoyac, 15, and her family.
- What
- Yuleidy woke inside her coffin during her wake after her family believed she was dead.
- When
- Saturday, October 10, 2026.
- Where
- El Jocote, in Guatemala’s Quiché department.
- Why
- Her father said she stopped breathing and had no pulse while he was driving her to hospital. The cause of her collapse is not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Yuleidy became unwell and fainted while her father was driving her to hospital.
Her father said he noticed she was not breathing and had no pulse; she did not enter the hospital.
Her mother noticed movement, and Yuleidy woke in the coffin.
People offered Yuleidy water and helped her out of the coffin.
- Name
- Yuleidy Ixcotoyac
- Age
- 15
- Location
- El Jocote, Quiché department, Guatemala
- Date
- October 10, 2026
- Wake duration
- Nearly eight hours
- Medical care
- She did not enter the hospital
What people are saying
She left the house unconscious; I was taking her to the hospital.
I was saying she was alive, she was not dead.
I cannot repay God for everything He did in my life. It was a miracle.
Sources
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