Thread: Mexico-Raid On N.M. Club Leaves 10 Youths, Cops Dead

Jun 20, 2008 8:51 pm US/Central

Raid On N.M. Club Leaves 10 Youths, Cops Dead
Police Say Panic Caused Stampeded, Leading To Fatalities
MEXICO CITY (AP) ― Mexico City police say 10 people have been trampled to death during a raid on a nightclub in the capital.

Police Chief Joel Ortega says three officers and seven youths, two of them minors, were killed.

Ortega says police went to the News Divine club in northeastern Mexico City on Friday evening to check reports of drugs and alcohol being sold to minors.

He told the Televisa network that the club's owner announced to the crowd of about 1,000 that police were there to arrest them, and a stampede ensued.

http://wcco.com/national/club.raid.mexico.2.753587.html

Several people, some of them young, killed in raid on a Mexico City nightclub

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MEXICO CITY - Mexican media are reporting that several people have died in a police raid on a nightclub in the capital.

Formato 21 radio says youths and police officers are among the dead. The station says police went to the News Divine club in northeastern Mexico City on Friday to check reports of drugs and alcohol being sold to minors.

Officers reportedly threw tear gas inside the building, causing a stampede.

Police spokesman Jorge Garcia said several people died but would not otherwise confirm the media reports.

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