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Death toll rises to 26 in arson attack, cantina 'Caballo Blanco' closed until further notice
[Aljazeera] At least 26 people were killed in an arson attack by suspected gang members on a bar in the southeastern Mexican port of Coatzacoalcos late on Tuesday, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said, in a fresh blow to his efforts to curb violence.Calling the attack "horrendous," Lopez Obrador told a regular morning news conference on Wednesday that the deaths occurred after the suspected gang members closed the emergency exits of the bar in Coatzacoalcos and set fire to it. The attorney general's office of the state of Veracruz said in a statement on Wednesday that 10 women and 16 men died in the fire at the "Caballo Blanco" bar, and 11 people who were injured were being treated at nearby hospitals. Lopez Obrador said that initial investigations indicated that some suspects behind the attack had been in custody this year and were later released. Posted by: Besoeker 2019-08-29 |
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