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Death Toll Reaches 21 in Iztapalapa Gas Tanker Blast as New Video Challenges Speed Claim

Conflicting footage complicates the inquiry into the Fiscalía’s preliminary finding of excessive speed.

Overview

  • City health officials report 21 fatalities after the death of Norma Chávez, with 27 people still hospitalized and 36 discharged.
  • Surveillance video published by Emeequis shows the Silza tanker moving at a regular pace roughly a minute before the crash, calling the excess‑speed narrative into question.
  • FGJ CDMX maintains that preliminary peritajes indicate loss of control on a curve, two impacts with containment walls, an approximately 40‑centimeter fracture in the container, and a gas expansion radius near 180 meters.
  • Two victims remain without confirmed identity as the Fiscalía issued photo bulletins for a deceased man and a critically injured young woman to locate their relatives.
  • Transportadora Silza covered driver Fernando Soto Munguía’s funeral, presented four insurance policies, and pledged legal and financial support to victims while cooperating with authorities.