A vehicle belonging to Claudia Sheinbaum’s motorcade collided with another vehicle
Mexico’s president-elect’s first domestic tour was marred yesterday when her motorcade collided with another vehicle, killing an elderly passenger, her office said.
THE Claudia Sheinbaumthe first woman to assume the presidency in Mexico, was moving to the state Coahuilain the northern part of the country, where the present was waiting for her President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, when the accident happened. He was not at the scene when the collision occurred.
The future president — who will be sworn in and take office on October 1 — arrived at the scene a few minutes later and was informed about the health status of the people in the cars that collided.
“We express our deep regret” for the death of the elderly man, said its services in a press release issued after the traffic accident in the city Monclova.
Members of the lady’s team Sheinbaum they were taken to a hospital, admitted and are being treated, however, without their condition inspiring concern, according to the same source.
The president-elect’s team vehicle was traveling “at an excessive speed,” the city’s mayor, Mario Alberto Davilaelected with the colors of the opposition PAN (“Party of National Action”, right).
The Lady Sheinbaum and her team were on their way from the Monterrey in Coahuila. The president-elect went to the mine Pasta de Conchoswhere in 2006 65 workers had lost their lives in an accident.
Human remains linked to that tragedy were found Wednesday at a depth of 146 meters, according to authorities. Only two bodies had been recovered after the accident.
Since then, relatives of the victims have been “fighting” to find their loved ones and “for justice to be served”, said the president-elect, adding that she feels “very strong emotions” about the development.
For his part, the center-left outgoing president Lopez Obradorin power since 2018, assured that his successor will “continue the transformation of our country”.
He recalled that “we implemented social welfare programs,” emphasizing that all seniors are now entitled to a 100 pesos ($5.4) per day allowance. “It’s not a program, it’s a constitutional right of all workers,” he insisted
Source: Skai
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