Overview
- Authorities report 24 dead and 14 injured, with preliminary findings pointing to a transformer operating under irregular conditions inside the store.
- The governor said the unit was privately installed and not connected to CFE, and he requested multidisciplinary teams from UNAM, IPN and a national risk-management college to support the forensic reviews.
- The state attorney general reiterated that criminal, civil and administrative proceedings will be pursued against any private actors or officials found responsible for omissions.
- Waldo’s stated it has covered funeral expenses, arranged an air medical transfer to the United States for one victim, provided information to prosecutors and reinforced safety measures across its stores.
- Mazatlán officials temporarily suspended six Waldo’s outlets over outdated internal civil-protection and fire-suppression plans, with reopening contingent on compliance.