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Families Protest as Ocesa Defies Summons in Crane Collapse Inquiry

Relatives of two photographers killed by a falling crane at the April Axe Ceremonia Festival accuse authorities of shielding Ocesa in the legal probe.

Personas protestan para exigir justicia por la muerte de dos fotógrafos durante un festival de música. Foto: Mario Jasso, Cuartoscuro
Tras la muerte de Berenice Giles y Miguel Ángel Hernández en el festival AXE Ceremonia 2025, sus familias exigen justicia y denuncian omisiones en la investigación.

Overview

  • The Fiscalía General de Justicia de la Ciudad de México opened an investigation in April into four organizing firms over the deaths of photojournalists Berenice Giles and Miguel Ángel Rojas.
  • Festival promoter Ocesa ignored a July 1 summons and has not appeared to testify in the ongoing homicide investigation.
  • Family lawyers contend the FGJ’s three-month delay in citing Ocesa amounts to shielding the company from accountability.
  • Private forensic analyses commissioned by the families determined that failures in civil protection protocols led to the crane collapse.
  • Protesters have demonstrated outside the FGJ and sought an audience with President Claudia Sheinbaum to demand expedited proceedings and stricter safety reforms for large-scale events.