AGENCIES: Officials said at least 26 people died in an arson attack by suspected gang members on a bar in the southeastern Mexican port of Coatzacoalcos.
Dubbing the attack “horrendous,” Lopez Obrador told a regular morning press meet 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.
According to the attorney general’s office of the state of Veracruz 10 women and 16 men died in the fire at the “Caballo Blanco” bar, and 11 people sustained injuries in the heinous crime.
Lopez Obrador said that initial investigations indicated that some suspects behind the attack had been in custody this year and were later released.
Comment