Overview

• Mexico City’s health department said 25 people have died from the Iztapalapa gas-tanker explosion, with 38 patients discharged and 21 still hospitalized.
• The capital’s prosecutor cites excess speed in the crash and is investigating possible culpable homicide; the driver later died, Transportadora Silza pledged responsibility, and the city created a Solidarity Committee for victims.
• In Lima’s Chorrillos district, a collectivo driver, Elton David Gómez Sánchez, and his partner were shot dead in their car by gunmen on motorbikes, and police are examining a possible link to extortion of transit operators.
• In Comas, Lima, attorney Xiomara Mirella Flores Bazán was killed by gunmen while driving with her daughters, ages 5 and 7, who remain hospitalized.
• Separate traffic incidents in Argentina left multiple casualties, including the death of a Buenos Aires police lieutenant in a dooring crash in Merlo, a fatal collision on Ruta 11 near Costa Esmeralda, and a level-crossing train impact that killed a motorist in San Lorenzo.