This is a list of human deaths caused by dogs in reverse chronological order, which have been documented through news media, reports, cause-of-death statistics, scientific papers, or other sources. For additional information on causes of death and studies related to fatalities resulting from dog bites or attacks, see Fatal dog attacks.
North America
Canada See: List of fatal dog attacks in Canada
United States of America See: Fatal dog attacks in the United States
Mexico
DateVictimDog type (Number) CircumstancesAugust 15, 2026El Flaco, 30, malePit bullMexico City, Indios Verdes — The victim approached a dog tied to a pole and was attacked.March 22, 2026Evarista González Jiménez, 75, femalePit bullNayarit, Tecuala, Mancilla neighborhood — She was attacked in her home and did not survive the severe injuries to her face and neck.January 5, 20265, malePit bullZacatecas, Fresnillo, Francisco Villa neighborhood — The child was attacked by the father's dog and died on the way to hospital. April 15, 2025José F.R.H, malePit bullDurango, Vicente Guerrero — The man was attacked in the street. The dog bit off his hand and parts of his foot. The victim died in a hospital.Isabel, 35, femalePit bull (2)Zacatecas, Jesús González Ortega — The woman was home alone and attacked by her 2 dogs.September 28 †Isidra Torres Hernández, 52, femalePit bull (3)Oaxaca, Santa Lucia del Camino, San Francisco Tutla — She was attacked by loose dogs when she left her house. Due to the severity of her injuries, both of her arms had to be amputated.August 19, 2024Marina Solis Carmona, 62, femalePit bullChihuahua, Hidalgo del Parral — The dog escaped from its property and attacked the woman, who was passing by. She was bitten on multiple parts of her body, but the most severe injuries were on her head. Hypovolemic shock was listed as the cause of death. The victim's family pardoned the dog's owner and the dog will not be put down.Amparo, 84, femaleUnknownBaja California, Tijuana — A woman was killed in a park by dogs.Melisa Monserrat, 4, femalePit bullColima, Tecomán — The girl was outside her home and was attacked by a dog. She was taken to the hospital but died.Liam, 2, malePit bullJalisco, Tuxpan — The boy left his home unnoticed and approached a tied up dog. The father found the boy unconscious with injuries to his face and neck.Yuridiam Elodia, 36, femaleGerman Shepherd (2)Baja California, San Felipe — She walked by a property and was attacked by two escaped guard dogs.39 or 40, maleUnknown (5)Baja California, Tijuana — A man was killed by a pack of 5 dogs.Mina, 48, femaleUnknown (Pack)Baja California, San Felipe, Pai Pai Camp — A tourist from the United States was attacked by a pack of dogs at the beach. Her death is investigating as homicide by animal.Rosa Velia Gutiérrez Salas, 82, female, and Armando Torres González, 76, malePit bullCoahuila, Torreón, Nueva Aurora colony — A couple lost their lives due to an attack of their dog. They had the dog since it was a puppy. According to the authorities, the woman ended up with a detached lower limb and various injuries to her body, while her husband had various bites on his face and body. Both deaths were caused by the bites, as the two deceased had hypovolemic shock, acute external bleeding, bronco aspiration, as well as sharp wounds both in the skull, faces, neck and limbs. One week before the fatal attack the dog already attacked the woman.60, femaleUnknown (1+)Hidalgo, Tepetitlán — The woman was attacked on her property and died at the scene. August 7, 2023 Pánfilo SZ, 54, male Pit bull Oaxaca, Salina Cruz — A man in a wheelchair was fatally attacked by a Pit Bull.R.G.V., 68, femaleUnknown (1+)Hidalgo, Atitalaquia, Tlamaco —The 68-year-old was found dead with multiple bite wounds.May 26, 2023GCGV, 4, malePit bull (3)Chihuahua, Temósachic — The boy was playing with other children outside when he was attacked. He died on the way to the hospital.Felipe Haro Loera, 87, malePit bullBaja California, Mexicali Valley — A man was killed by his neighbor's dog.October 3, 2020Felipe Haro Loera, 60, malePit bullMexico City, Venustiano Carranza — The dog owner found his neighbor lying on the ground after he was attacked by his dog named "Junior".May 22, 2020Celina Clemente García, 74, femalePit bullMexico City, Condesa — The woman was alone with her employer's dog when it attacked her.July 1, 2019Dominc Enot Vilchis Gutiérrez, <2 years, malePit bullMexico City, Iztapalapa — The victim was attacked and killed by a pit bull that was kept tied up on a roof. The victim died on the scene. The dog was taken into custody.<1, malePit bullColima, Las Amarillas Colony — An 11-month-old baby was attacked by 1 of 3 pit bulls in his home. Due to the severe injuries and blood loss, the minor died minutes after arriving at the hospital.3, femalePit bull (2)Mexico City, Coyoacán, San Pablo Tepetlapa — The girl was killed by two dogs. The parents rented parts of their property to the dog owner.Matias Reynoso, 1, malePit bull (2)Guanajuato, Arboledas de San Hilarión — The child was attacked by his parents' fighting dogs. He suffered serious injuries to his face, neck and chest and died at the hospital.Zoé Villar, 4, femaleRottweiler (2)Nuevo Léon, Lampazos — The 4-year-old was attacked at a relative's house. Her 7-year-old sister was severely injured.
Central America +BelizeDateVictimDog type (Number) CircumstancesClaire Alamilla, 11, femaleUnknown (1)Belize, Belama, Albert Hoy Street — She tried to save her poodle from an attack and was attacked herself. A passerby tried to save the child. The dog was euthanized. The dog owner was acquitted in 2019. †McKesson Garrett, 71, maleRottweiler (4)Belize, Belize District, Belize City — The 71-year-old was attacked by 4 dogs on his birthday in the presence of his friend and dog owner. He suffered severe injuries to his hands, arms, legs, and foot. He was taken to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. He died 2 months later at the hospital.Jeffrey O’Brien, 23, malePit bull (2) Unknown (1)Belize, Independence — The 23-year-old fisherman was riding his bicycle to go home from work when 3 dogs came out of an unfenced yard and attacked him. He tried to fend them off with a paddle until it broke.Dualvin Jerardo Jacinto Albeno or Dualvin Salinas, 7, maleRottweiler (2)Belize, Cayo, Santa Elena —Two boys went into a neighbors yard to collect coconuts and were charged by 2 dogs named King and Queen. One boy could escape, the other one died at the scene. †Edmund Spain, 65, malePit bull (2)Belize, Belize District, Tropical Park area of Hattieville — The 65-year-old was walking towards his house when his neighbor's dogs escaped under the fence and attacked him. He died 5 days later. The dog owner was charged with causing death by negligence, but was acquitted in 2015 due to lack of evidence. +GuatemalaDateVictimDog type (Number) CircumstancesDanilo Emanuel Valladares, 6, maleUnknownGuatemala, San Andrés Itzapa, Chimaltenango — The dogs that attacked the child belonged to the employer of the child's parents.Manuel Hernández Matul, 56, maleUnknownGuatemala, Chocruz area, San Francisco El Alto, Totonicapán — Matul was attacked in the early morning hours. He suffered deep wounds to his face, legs and arms. The wounds were large, as the dog(s) ripped out skin and muscles almost completely. A person returning from work saw the body and alerted authorities.Francisco Cristobal Osorio Garcia, 7, malePit bullGuatemala, Chuilajú, La Pedrera, Xela, on the outskirts of the Altense city. — The boy played near his home and was attacked and killed. Hypovolemic shock and polytraumatism were listed as cause of death.Mateo Lucas Salvador, 42, maleMalinois (3), Cane Corso (1)Guatemala / United States — Salvador worked for the owner of the dogs and was attacked while the owner was away. 70, femalePit bull (2)Guatemala, El Granizo — Neighbors alerted emergency services that a woman was attacked by dogs. Together they managed to separate the dogs from the victim, but she did not survive her severe injuries.October 29, 2019Emily Adriana Julaj Ávila, 1, femalePit bullGuatemala — She was attacked by a dog named Zeus. +NicaraguaDateVictimDog type (Number) CircumstancesJuly 25, 2026Bayardo Morales Burgos, 34, malePit bullManagua Department — He was bit in his leg and died at a hospital. Julia Bertha Rios Tercero, 60, femalePit bull (2)Chinandega Department, El Viejo — She was feeding her dogs when they attacked and killed her.Augusto José García, 21, maleRottweiler (5)Managua Department, Managua — García forgot his keys and climbed his a wall to his property. His dogs attacked and killed him.Ana Rosa Aguilera Blandón, 83, femalePit bullGrenada Department, Grenada — She was attacked by her dog in the early hours of the morning as she walked onto the patio of her home. After hearing screams of despair and pain, neighbors tried to help her. It took them a while to get to the severely injured woman and bring her to the hospital. She succumbed to her injuries.November 1, 2022 November 5 †María de los Ángeles Valdez Picado, 60, femalePit bull (4)Masaya Department, Masaya, Santa Teresa neighborhood — She was attacked at home and suffered severe injuries to her face. She died after four days in hospital. The dogs belonged to her brother-in-law and were euthanized.November 30, 2020Ana Rosa García Parrales, 65, femalePit bullCarazo Department, Diriamba — She was feeding her dog when, for unknown reasons, it attacked her, biting her on the neck and face. She was rushed to Hospital El Maestro, where the doctors confirmed she had died from hypovolemic shock. +Other Central American countriesDateVictimDog type (Number) CircumstancesMarch 17, 2026Doris Aleida Fuentes Villatoro, 55, femalePit bull (3)Honduras, La Ceiba — She was visiting her sister when she was attacked by her sister's dogs. Firefighters managed to drive the attacking dogs away using high-pressure hoses. She died a few days later in the hospital.5, female Pit bullPanama, Kuna Nega — The girl ran after a ball into a yard and was attacked.July 15, 2024Óscar Alexander Ochoa Rodríguez, 35, malePit bullHonduras, Tegucigalpa — When the man entered his house, he took out his belt and began hitting his dog with it. The dog reacted and attacked the man, killing him. His father had to put down the dog, because it would not let go of his corpse.Jana Mejía, 3, femalePit bullPanama, Chepo District, Union of Azuero, Chichebre — The 3-year-old was attacked by a dog and died at the hospital.June 8, 2022Alisson Nahomy Argueta, 7, femaleAmerican Pit Bull TerrierHonduras, Lempira Department, Lepaera — The girl was attacked by the family dog. She was taken to a medical center, where, hours later, she succumbed to her injuries.<1, femaleAmerican Staffordshire TerrierCosta Rica, San José, Tibás — The 11-month-old child crawled into the garage where the dog was kept. The dog attacked the child and she died from severe injuries to the head. Her parents were investigated for breach of parental authority (negligence) and faced possible prison time.Alison Esmeralda Gonzales, 1, femaleRottweiler (2)Honduras, San Pedro Sula — The girl was attacked and killed by the two dogs owned by the family. The great-grandmother was also severely injured. The great-grandfather tried to scare away the dogs with a machete and was also attacked and suffered minor injuries.
Caribbean +Dominican RepublicDateVictimDog type (Number) Circumstances6, maleUnknownSanto Domingo — The 6-year-old was attacked by a relative's dog. He arrived at the Santiago clinic in a state of shock and was admitted to intensive care but did not survive.Juan Antonio García Alvarado, 3, malePit bull (3)Samaná, Las Terrenas — The boy suffered fatal injuries to the head, face and neck when he was attacked at his mother's place of work. His mother suffered a deep wound to the neck when she tried to rescue her son and needed intensive care.