SAN PEDRO GARZA GARCIA, Mexico — A prime gust of wind toppled the stage at a campaign rally Wednesday night in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, killing at least 5 other people, injuring 50 and trapping others, the state’s governor stated.
The cave in passed off all the way through an match attended via presidential long-shot candidate Jorge Álvarez Máynez, who ran to flee. Videos of the incident on social media confirmed other people screaming, working away and hiking out from underneath steel poles.
The sufferers “will not be alone in this tragedy,” Máynez informed newshounds Wednesday night time, including that he had suspended upcoming campaign occasions.
Afterward, squaddies, police and different officers roamed the grounds of the park the place the development happened whilst many sat surprised close by, haunted via the tragedy.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador stated he “sends a hug to family members, friends of the victims and political supporters.” Condolences poured in from throughout Mexico, together with via different presidential applicants.
In a video message, Nuevo Leon Gov. Samuel Garcia, a main member of Máynez’s Citizens Movement birthday celebration, requested citizens to refuge in their homes for the following two hours. He supplied the loss of life toll of at least 5 and dozens injured.
Máynez wrote in his social media accounts that he went to a medical institution after the coincidence in the rich suburb of San Pedro Garza Garcia, close to town of Monterrey. He stated he was once in just right situation.
“The only important thing at this point is to care for the victims of the accident,” he wrote.
Miguel Treviño, the mayor of San Pedro Garza Garcia, wrote in his social media accounts that “there are people reported trapped and injured. My prayers are with the victims.”
Campaign occasions are being held this week and subsequent in anticipation of the June 2 presidential, state and municipal elections.
Videos of the coincidence confirmed Máynez waving his arm as the gang chanted his identify. But then he seemed as much as see a large display screen and steel construction toppling towards him. He ran swiftly towards the again of the stage to keep away from the falling construction, which seemed to include reasonably mild framework items as neatly as what gave the look to be a display screen with the birthday celebration’s emblem and theater-style lighting.
Máynez has been working 3rd in polls in the presidential race, trailing each front-runner Claudia Sheinbaum of the ruling Morena Party, and opposition coalition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez.
The campaign has to this point been plagued via the killings of about two dozen applicants for native places of work, but it surely has now not been marred via campaign injuries.
