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		</div><p>The collapse of a stage during an election campaign rally in northern Mexico has killed at least nine people, including a child, and injured 121, the country’s governor has said.</p>
<p>The stage was sent flying by a strong gust of wind during an event attended by presidential long-shot candidate Jorge Alvarez Maynez.</p>
<p>The victims “will not be alone in this tragedy”, Mr Maynez told reporters on Wednesday night, adding that he had suspended upcoming campaign events.</p>
<figure id="attachment_182444" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-182444" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FFD0AA37-3E94-4EEF-922E-F4536A73C20A.webp" alt="" width="640" height="427" class="size-full wp-image-182444" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-182444" class="wp-caption-text">The stage collapsed during an election campaign rally in northern Mexico</figcaption></figure>
<p>Afterwards, soldiers, police and other officials roamed the grounds of the park where the event took place while many nearby sat stunned and haunted by the tragedy.</p>
<p>Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he “sends a hug to family members, friends of the victims and political supporters”.</p>
<p>Videos of the collapse appeared on social media on Wednesday night, showing people screaming, running away, and climbing out from under metal polls.</p>
<p>Mr Maynez wrote in his social media accounts that he went to a hospital after the accident at a campaign rally in the wealthy suburb of San Pedro Garza Garcia, near the city of Monterrey.</p>
<figure id="attachment_182445" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-182445" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/B0DE7BE4-CFA9-4EEA-8C6D-BA551D8A91DE.webp" alt="" width="640" height="427" class="size-full wp-image-182445" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-182445" class="wp-caption-text">Electoral signs lay on the ground as security forces secured the area after the collapse</figcaption></figure>
<p>He said there were “victims” of the dramatic crash while he was well.</p>
<p>“The only important thing at this point is to care for the victims of the accident,” he wrote.</p>
<p>Samuel Garcia, the governor of the northern border state of Nuevo Leon and a leading member of Alvarez Maynez’s Citizens Movement party, said in a taped statement that “unfortunately, there are (people) injured”.</p>
<p>Miguel Trevino, the mayor of San Pedro Garza Garcia, wrote on his social media accounts that “there are people reported trapped and injured. My prayers are with the victims”.</p>
<p>Mr Garcia said the “strong winds blew down a stage at a campaign closer”.</p>
<p>Events are being held in anticipation of the June 2 presidential, state and municipal elections.</p>
<figure id="attachment_182446" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-182446" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/9E99BC8E-8A1F-4926-B4F8-4E2531D45BAE.webp" alt="" width="640" height="427" class="size-full wp-image-182446" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-182446" class="wp-caption-text">Relief workers and security forces attended the scene</figcaption></figure>
<p>Video of the accident posted on social media showed Mr Maynez waving his arm as the crowd chanted his name. But then he saw a giant screen and metal structure toppling toward him.</p>
<p>Mr Maynez ran rapidly toward the back of the stage to avoid the falling structure, which appeared to consist of relatively light framework pieces and what appeared to be a screen with the party’s logo and theatre-style lights.</p>
<p>He has been running third in presidential race polls, trailing front-runner Claudia Sheinbaum of the ruling Morena Party and opposition coalition candidate Xochitl Galvez.</p>
<p>The campaign has been plagued by the killings of about two dozen candidates for local offices.</p>
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