The toll of an accident that occurred in Mexico during an electoral event is dramatic. In San Pedro Garza Garcia, in the state of Nuevo León, a stage collapsed while the closing demonstration of Lorenia Canavati's electoral campaign for the vote on June 2, which will see the renewal of 20,708 positions and the choice of the new president, was underway .
Nine dead, about seventy injured.
According to checks carried out, the structure set up in the El Obispo baseball field collapsed, trapping several people. The probable cause appears to be the very strong wind.
An episode that highlights another factor, in addition to political violence and drug trafficking, which is significantly complicating the situation in Mexico: climate change. In October 2023, Hurricane Otis devastated the city of Acapulco with an intensity never seen in that area of the Pacific coast. The heat waves and droughts that are affecting the area in recent days have also reached unprecedented levels.
Although in the electoral context the media attention is focused on the three aspirants to the presidency of the Republic - Claudia Sheinbaum of the government coalition, Xóchitl Gálvez of the opposition alliance and Jorge Álvarez Máynez of the Citizens' Movement - the majority of the positions in contention are for the post of president of the city council.
(Unioneonline/ss)
