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Stage collapses at Mexico campaign rally leaving five dead and others injured

Wind caused part of the stage to fall at an event for presidential candidate Jorge Alvarez Máynez in San Pedro Garza García

Five people were killed and at least 50 others injured when a stage structure collapsed at a campaign event for the Mexican presidential candidate Jorge Alvarez Máynez, local officials have said.

Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said a gust of wind caused the accident in the city of San Pedro Garza García in the northern state of Nuevo Leon.

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