The fire that broke out earlier this Monday in the city of Central de Abasto de Toluca, neighboring the capital city of Mexico, and The dispute between the traders caused the death of 9 people.city officials reported. “It’s not a matter of organized crime, it’s not a matter of orders. It’s an infighting between two groups. They discuss an area in the food market“, Toluca mayor Raymundo Martínez assured the media. “We must also say that this is the worst way to resolve differences,” he said.
He explained that the security guards guarding Central de Abastos, as it is a private place, prevented the passage of public security guards at the time of the fire. The violence recorded this Monday in Central de Abastos “has nothing to do with what happened last week” when human remains were dumped on public roads, the official said. In this case, he said, this is a disagreement between criminal groups Stranger to Toluca.
Hours ago, the Mexican State Attorney General’s Office, the country’s most populous state, said in a statement that nine people died, eight at the scene and one at the hospital (medical center) where they were taken. transferred for medical attention. He also pointed out that there was an injured person who was taken to the hospital. Noting that they were “trying to learn” the ages, identities and causes of death of the victims, the Prosecutor’s Office stated that “their bodies were sent to the Forensic Medicine Institute” and announced that there could be three minors among them. victims. .
According to the state public media system, Agencia Mexiquense de Noticias, the fire started around 14:30 local time (20:30 GMT) after an explosion aboard the H Ship. According to the first indications and without refuting any hypotheses, the Mexican State Attorney General’s Office said in a statement, “Several short-armed persons would have entered the designated area to explode and possibly spray a substance to be identified, causing a fire. escaping from a certain area of the ground, then by getting into a vehicle”. Also, “various legal action, threats and pre-recorded attacks”.
Central de Abasto de Toluca is one of the most important in central Mexico, with 2,000 warehouses and commercial buildings on 630,000 square meters of land, attended by an average of 40,000 people a day.
The state of Mexico, where close to 17 million people live, ranks second in the country in murders with 917 murders in the first 5 months of the year. Fires in market places in the center of the country have gained notoriety in recent years, including those allegedly caused by judicial disputes. The latter occurred last April at Central de Abastos in Mexico City, which is considered the largest wholesale market in the world.