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3 October 2008: A violent operation carried out by federal and state police left a toll of six dead (4 of whom were executed according to the testimony of community members), 17 wounded, and 36 people detained, almost all of whom were members of the ejido Miguel Hidalgo, located in the municipality La Trinitaria, Chiapas.
By the accounting of Lloyd's of London, the reported number of people killed was about 252, although many estimate that the catastrophe actually caused at least 1,000 deaths. [2] About 500 to 600 people were missing, [2] nearly 500 were injured and 15,000 were left homeless. The estimated monetary damage ranges between $300 million and $3 billion.
Pancho Villa attacks General Obregón's Constitutionalist garrison at Nogales, Sonora. Villa initiated a siege but over time was defeated due to the lack of artillery and insufficient supplies. During the siege the United States 12th Infantry garrison of Nogales, Arizona, was attacked by Villistas and in turn skirmished for a half hour. One ...
Investigators' first hypothesis was that the gases produced by the leak and the electricity sparks caused by the friction of people's synthetic clothes may have caused the explosion. [26] The explosion was particularly deadly because the free gasoline attracted large numbers of people to the breach zone. [ 4 ]
Last October, Hurricane Otis struck Acapulco as a Category 5 storm that rapidly intensified off the coast, leaving over 50 people dead and billions of dollars in damages. But John's rainfall ...
Ten people were killed and another ten wounded in an off-road vehicle rally in the San Vicente area of the city by members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel: Beer House Cantina bar Arson July 22, 2023 San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora 13 Customer expelled from bar sets fire to the place and kills 13 people [176] [177 ...
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Liquefied gas Horton tanks similar to the six spherical tanks involved in the San Juanico disaster LPG bullet tanks. There were 48 tanks of this type in the Pemex plant. Note how this modern installation incorporates some of the lessons learned from San Juanico: an uncongested, well ventilated area, with the horizontal tanks in a parallel cluster configuration, which minimizes the effects of ...