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Mummified bodies found in embrace on Mexico's highest peak

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Handout picture released by the town council of Chalchicomula showing one of the two mummified corpses found near the peak of the 5,636-metre Pico de Orizaba, also known as the Citlaltepetl volcano, on the border between the states of Veracruz and Puebla, on March 5, 2015

Two mummified bodies found on Mexico's highest peak appear to be embracing each other and their discovery could put an end to the mystery of climbers who vanished after an avalanche in 1959, officials said.

A mission to recover the bodies from the Pico de Orizaba was suspended until next Monday in order to build a special container to carry the remains intact, one of the rescue workers said Friday.

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