The cause of death for each of the three Revere women who were found dead in their Belize hotel room has been announced by officials to be an “acute pulmonary edema,” a buildup of fluid in the lungs.

Friends say a birthday celebration trip turned into a horrible tragedy when the three lifelong friends were found dead inside their hotel resort room in Belize.

Mourners gathered for a vigil Tuesday night in Revere after the bodies of three local women, all in their 20s, were found in a hotel room in the Central American nation of Belize.

Three Massachusetts women were found dead in a hotel room in Belize on Saturday, a day before they were scheduled to leave the country.

Investigators in Belize say the three women from Massachusetts who died while on vacation had a build-up of fluids in their lungs. The three women from Revere, 23-year-old Kaoutar Naqqad, 24-year-old Imane Mallah, and 26-year-old Wafae El-Arar, were found unconscious in their hotel room at the Royal Kahal Beach Resort last week.

The causes of death for three Revere women who died while vacationing in Belize was “acute pulmonary edema,” or buildup of fluid in the lungs, officials in Belize told the Globe Wednesday.

Three young women from Massachusetts who were found dead at a beach resort in Belize had a build-up of fluids in their lungs, according to reports.

The Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner’s office will examine the bodies of the three Revere women who were recently found dead in a hotel in Belize to determine their cause of death.

The mayor of Revere, Massachusetts, said the three were members of the community there and expressed concern over the level of transparency from Belizean authorities.

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