By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Acting on behalf of the Chinese Red Cross, Chinese Ambassador to Mexico Qui Xiaoqi presented a check for $100,000 to Mexican Red Cross President Fernando Suinaga Cárdenas as a humanitarian to help victims of the Jan. 18 Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, gasoline duct explosion. The explosion occurred when hundreds of people were trying to collect petrol
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Despite the fact that it took him four and a half hours to arrive at the site of the Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, gasoline explosion on Friday, Jan. 18, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Sunday, Jan. 20, that there was no need for him to use aero-transport to get there. “I will not use airplanes or
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Two minor boys – a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old — injured during the Jan. 18 Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, gasoline duct explosion have been flown to the Shriners Hospital in Galveston, Texas, for treatment. Both considered to be in critical condition, the youngest boy suffered burns of 83 percent of his body, while the elder boy
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The number of dead resulting from the explosion at the gasoline duct in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, has risen to 79, according to Mexican Health Secretary Jorge Alcocer Varela. And while there are still 81 people in hospitals, most in serious condition, Alcocer Varela said that the majority have been or are being transported to specialized
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