Nine people have died and around 50 were injured after a structure collapsed at a campaign event for the Citizens' Movement party in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon.
The party's presidential candidate, Jorge Alvarez Maynez, said on social media that a gust of wind caused the stage to collapse at the event in the city of San Pedro Garza Garcia, a wealthy enclave near the industrial hub of Monterrey.
Fuertes ráfagas de viento desploman templete en San Pedro, Nuevo León; Jorge Álvarez Máynez sale ileso. pic.twitter.com/r8dACvRoi7
— Enrique Muñoz (@enriquemunozFM) May 23, 2024
Alvarez said he was "OK" after being taken to a local hospital, but that members of his team were hurt and he was travelling back to the site of the accident.
In a video shared on social media on Wednesday evening, Nuevo Leon Governor Samuel Garcia warned residents to stay indoors amid strong thunderstorms in the area, citing the accident.
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