The town is in the western state of Jalisco, and is located next to the better-known beach town of Barra de Navidad. ... Soldiers patrol the beach in Melaque, Jalisco State, Mexico on May 26, 2012.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican woman died after she was severely bitten in the leg by a shark in the Pacific Ocean off the beach town of Melaque, authorities said Sunday.

A woman has been killed in an apparent shark attack at a beach resort on Mexico’s Pacific coast.. The woman, who has not been officially named, was found dead by emergency services at the scene ...

Her daughter miraculously escaped injury despite being beside her in the water off Melaque Beach in the state of Jalisco on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, around 450 miles north of Acapulco.

The town is in the western state of Jalisco, ... Authorities closed the beaches in Melaque and Barra de Navidad to swimming as a precaution. Shark attacks are relatively rare in Mexico.