Tragic End to a Weekend Getaway: Environmental Activist Found Dead Near Yelapa Waterfall

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - Jesús Alejandro Pérez Amante, a graduate of the Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (CUCSH) and a well-known defender of the Nixticuil forest in Zapopan, Jalisco, tragically lost his life while visiting the coastal community of Yelapa, located in the municipality of Cabo Corrientes near Puerto Vallarta. The 30-year-old environmental activist was vacationing with his girlfriend during Mexico’s Independence Day long weekend when the tragedy unfolded.