One of the victims was 20-year-old América Yamilet Sánchez, a cadet from Xalapa, Veracruz. Her death was confirmed by Veracruz Governor Rocío Nahle García and multiple Mexican media outlets.

América Yamilet Sánchez, 20, was in the final year of her studies at the naval academy when she was killed aboard the naval teaching vessel Cuauhtemoc on Saturday.

Cosme Sanchez, left, Rocio Hernandez, center, and Anderson Sanchez, family members of Naval Academy Cadet América Yamilet Sánchez, who died aboard a Mexican navy ship that collided with the ...

América Yamilet Sánchez, 20, and Jair Maldonado Marcos, 23, were among the 277 crew members aboard when the ship crashed into the bridge. The impact toppled three of its masts, ...

Relatives of Naval Academy Cadet América Yamilet Sánchez, who died aboard a Mexican Navy sailing ship that collided with the Brooklyn Bridge, embrace next to her coffin, in Xalapa, Mexico ...

XALAPA, Mexico (AP) — Dozens of people gathered overnight in the street where one of the Mexican naval cadets who died when their training vessel hit the Brooklyn Bridge lived. América Yamilet ...

Dozens of people have lined América Yamilet Sánchez’s street overnight holding white roses and their cell phones to illuminate the way to her house for the hearse carrying her body.