A car accident this Friday involving the team of the elected president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, left at least one dead and several injured in Monclova, in the northern state of Coahuila.
The elected president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, was heading today to the Coal Region of Coahuila, where she is scheduled to meet with the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and relatives of the workers killed at the Pasta de Conchos mine, when the van escorting them collided with another vehicle.
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The mayor of Monclova, Mario Dávila, informed local media that Sheinbaum’s convoy was speeding and “they did not make the corresponding stop.”
“The information I have is that there was an accident at the highway crossing at the entrance to Monclova. The balance is a deceased person, apparently they did not stop. “It was excessive speed, they didn’t stop,” he told local media.
Sheinbaum helped accident victims
Dávila added that In the crash, an elderly woman who was traveling in one of the vehicles “of local people from the city” died. and confirmed that the other car was “from the presidency of the Republic, from the now elected president Claudia Sheinbaum”, which was at the forefront.
For its part, the office of the elected candidate explained that when informed of the accident, Sheinbaum stopped to find out the status of the people involved, who were already being cared for by municipal and state emergency teams.
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“We deeply regret that a person died in the other vehicle,” the information note states.
In addition, they indicated that both the federal and state governments and the future president of Mexico’s own team are assisting those who were in the two impacted vehicles.
“Those who were in the two impacted vehicles are being given attention by the federal and state governments and Dr. Sheinbaum’s own team,” the team indicated.
Sheinbaum continued on his way to meet with President López Obrador for their event that they will hold this Friday.
Sheinbaum, the first woman to become president of the Latin American country, obtained 35.9 million votes on June 2, compared to 16.5 million for center-right senator Xóchitl Gálvez (27.4%), an advantage of more than 30 percentage points, the National Electoral Institute (INE) reported on its website.
In third place, with 6.2 million votes, was the former centrist deputy Jorge Álvarez Máynez (10.3%).
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“This result is the recognition of the people of Mexico that we are on the right path and the confidence that we will continue to advance,” said the 61-year-old scientist, who will replace Andrés Manuel López Obrador on October 1.
Sheinbaum intends to follow in the footsteps of López Obrador, his political mentor who enjoys enormous popularity thanks to direct aid that it gives to the elderly and young people, in addition to increases in the minimum wage, according to analysts.
“Our conviction has always been and will be openness to dialogue, the strengthening of freedoms, democracy and, of course, closeness to the people. “We are going to continue building shared prosperity,” guaranteed.
With agency summary.
