2 climbers are dead and another is missing on Pico de Orizaba, Mexico's highest mountain

Two people died and another remains missing on Mexico's Pico de Orizaba, the highest mountain in the country, authorities said Wednesday.

Authorities in the central state of Puebla said late Tuesday that rescuers had found the body of a guide who was leading an ascent of the 18,619-foot volcanic peak. Another person from the 12-member climbing group died earlier on the peak, which is also known by its Indigenous name Citlaltépetl.

The guide's body was found at an altitude of about 15,000 feet. The body was being brought down from the mountain on Wednesday.