A Bengal tiger weighing 130kg has been found dead after it escaped from a zoo during Mexico floods.

The huge cat had managed to get out of its enclosure at the Xicotepec zoo in the central eastern region of Puebla, after the nearby San Marcos river burst its banks.

Municipal president Carlos Barragan Amador warned that the large feline posed a risk to local residents.

In an update, he announced that the animal had been discovered lifeless among some trees.

He said: ‘Good morning, I inform you that yesterday and the day before I prayed to God so much that nobody or an animal that escaped would be hurt and today I want to inform you that yesterday late night WE FOUND IT under roots and trees.

‘Fortunately yesterday a young man who works with us yesterday saw a piece of his arm sticking

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