And of at least nine dead, including a child, and around 50 injured after a stage collapsed during an election rally in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. The BBC reported this, citing the local governor.
The incident occurred while the center-left presidential candidate Jorge Alvarez Maynez was giving his speech in the city of San Pedro Garza Garcia, near Monterrey. Maynez was unharmed in the collapse and was seen speaking to supporters about him after the crash, while several members of his team were injured. The collapse was caused by a sudden gust of wind, Maynez said in a post on X.
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