Mexico: At least 26 killed and 13 injured in arson attack on bar

TIL Desk/World/Mexico City/ At least 26 people including 17 men and nine women were killed and 13 others sustained injuries after an arson attack caused a fire at a bar in the southern Mexican port city of Veracruz on Tuesday night (local time).

The fire broke out at the El Caballo Blanco bar after being deliberately set by unknown assailants around 10.30 pm (local time) and left authorities wondering whether drug cartels were to be blamed.

Mexican President Manuel Lopez Obrador condemned the murders and provided details of the attack at a news conference on early Wednesday morning. “They closed the emergency exit doors and burned the place,” he said.

“In the first investigations, we have information that the possible perpetrators have already been arrested and released,” the President added. However, no arrests have been announced so far.