4 dead in Mexico City during World Cup celebrations - BERITAJA

Mexican wellness authorities said Wednesday that 4 group died during monolithic celebrations successful downtown Mexico City after the nationalist team’s victory complete Ecuador secured a spot successful the World Cup Round of 16.

Two women and 1 man were recovered unconscious connected streets adjacent the iconic Angel of Independence monument, wherever thousands had gathered Tuesday nighttime to celebrate, Mexico City’s Health Secretariat said connected the societal level X. The victims, who authorities said died of asphyxiation, were 48, 44 and 19 years old. Authorities did not supply further specifications about the circumstances of the deaths.

Later Wednesday, Mexico City Health Secretary Nadine Gasman, told a news convention that different man, about 30, was treated by emergency unit aft suffering an epileptic seizure, convulsions, and gastrointestinal bleeding. He died soon afterward astatine a infirmary of cardiorespiratory arrest.

Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada said connected societal media that emergency crews responded instantly aft receiving reports of the 3 unconscious people, but they had already died.

Brugada besides urged the nationalist to observe “responsibly, cautiously and pinch empathy.”

Fireworks lit up the entity about the Independence Monument — popularly known arsenic “El Ángel” — connected Tuesday nighttime arsenic thousands of Mexicans celebrated on the five-kilometer (three-mile) Paseo de la Reforma, which links the capital’s main square, the Zócalo, pinch Chapultepec Park.

In a video posted Tuesday connected societal media, Brugada said about 1.4 cardinal group were celebrating successful the streets and urged the nationalist to extremity heading to the metropolis halfway to easiness overcrowding. Instead, she encouraged group to be a performance by a celebrated cumbia set successful the eastbound portion of the city.

All of Mexico City seemed overwhelmed Tuesday night. Improvised bands sprang up connected thoroughfare corners, while carts loaded pinch rockets known arsenic “toritos” inched done streets truthful packed that group could hardly move.

Bottles of intoxicant were passed from manus to manus among young revelers arsenic hundreds much tried to push person to the metropolis center, immoderate succeeding, galore others turned backmost by the crush of the crowd.