Overview
- Security video shows the monkey descending from a vehicle, entering a grocery and biting the attendant on January 8 in Comitán’s Belisario Domínguez neighborhood.
- The woman suffered a laceration to her arm that required specialized medical attention, and officials report she began human rabies prophylaxis.
- Zoonosis personnel and the Chiapas Health Secretariat activated epidemiological surveillance and advised immediate wound washing and prompt medical care after animal attacks.
- A child in the store narrowly avoided injury as the animal moved through the premises, alarming customers and neighbors.
- Witnesses say the presumed owner briefly returned and left without assuming responsibility, and neighbors are seeking permit verification, reparations and stronger oversight.