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A Teenage Girl Who Was Considered Dead in Guatemala Woke up During Her Own Wake

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A curious case occurred in the village El Jocote woke up surprise and went viral on social networks. Filming apparently captures the moment when the young woman would have lived again while being fired by her relatives.
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In Guatemala, 15-year-old Yuleidy Ixcotoyac lost consciousness after experiencing severe chest pain. Believing she was not breathing and had no pulse, her father started funeral preparations, thinking she was dead. During the funeral ceremony, the young girl, placed in a coffin, suddenly opened her eyes, sat up, and asked for water. Her relatives were greatly surprised, and it emerged that Yuleidy's death had not been confirmed by a doctor, and …

The inhabitants of the village of El Jocote, in the department of Quiché, Guatemala, were shocked on October 10, after a teenager identified as Yuleidy Ixcotoyac woke up inside the coffin, during her wake. According to the portal El Impartial, the incident caused surprise among her relatives and attendants at the wake. The witnesses told [...] The VIRAL VIDEO entry: He woke up in a coffin during his own wake and left everyone in shock was first …

Yuleidy Ixcotoyac said she felt severe chest pain before losing consciousness and waking up while she was being veiled in Guatemala

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A teenage girl, identified as Yuleidy Ixcotoyac, regained consciousness during her wake. The incident occurred in the village of El Jocote, in Sacapulas, Quiché, Guatemala La entrada Miracle? A Guatemalan teenager who claimed to be dead "relived" in full wake was first published in El Ciudadano.

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A young woman from Guatemala starred in a situation that surprised her family and the neighbors of her community. Yuleidy Xcotoyac Ríos was veiled in her home, in a neighborhood of Sacapulas, belonging to the town of Quiché, when she began to move inside the coffin and managed to join before the eyes of those present. [...]

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One family believed that their daughter had died and prepared her wake in Quiché. The teenager woke up inside the coffin and talked about what happened in an interview.

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TV Azteca Guate Digital broke the news on Sunday, October 11, 2026.
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