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Mexico City Gas-Tanker Blast Death Toll Rises to 29

Prosecutors have deployed mobile units to guide families through the legal process.

Overview

  • City health officials report 16 people remain hospitalized and 39 have been discharged after the Sept. 10 explosion in Iztapalapa.
  • The latest deaths include Adolfo Franco Madrigal, 36, treated at ISSSTE Zaragoza, and Alí Yael González Aranda, 18, an IPN student cared for at the National Rehabilitation Institute.
  • Two victims remain unidentified, including a deceased man listed with a probable name and a young woman in critical condition described by distinctive features.
  • The Fiscalía General de Justicia installed mobile Ministerio Público desks in major hospitals to assist relatives with formalities tied to the case.
  • Authorities contend the driver was speeding, while surveillance video published by media shows the tanker moving at a moderate pace, leaving the proximate cause in dispute.