A farmer from the Deep South Rupununi village of Achiwib died early on Friday after she was bitten by a snake late on Thursday.

Dead is Mathilda Ignacio who was said to be in her late 50s.

Reports from the Rupununi are that the woman was on her farm with her children when she was bitten by a rattlesnake.

She was rushed to the village by her sons. She was taken to two health centres located several hours away from her village but the woman’s relatives noted that the gates to the facilities, including one at the village of Karaudarnau, were locked.

She succumbed to her injury on Friday morning around 02:00hrs. Achiwib is located close to the Brazilian border, south west of Aishalton.