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Mexico City Cultural Office Deletes Post, Apologizes Over Insensitive Workshop Promotion Tied to Axe Ceremonia Deaths

The secretariat pulled the message, then reached out to the victims’ families after backlash to language seen as trivializing two photojournalists’ deaths.

Overview

  • The office promoted a concert photography workshop with the line “Do you want to photograph concerts and not die trying?”, which drew immediate criticism from relatives and colleagues of the victims.
  • Families and the collective Justicia para Miguel said the wording used death as a marketing device and reflected institutional disconnect from their grief.
  • Officials said the post, which included laughing and camera emojis, was removed within a day, and the agency issued an apology and contacted the families.
  • Prosecutors report more than 35 interviews in the Axe Ceremonia case, but an amparo continues to delay the criminal process even as they say charges are forthcoming.
  • Authorities have said cranes used as meeting points were installed the same day and were not in the approved civil protection plan, while families have staged protests and accused judicial actors of shielding those responsible.