Charges in fatal Mexico day-care fire
Federal prosecutors say they have obtained nine arrest warrants for the owners and legal representatives of a day-care center where a fire killed 48 children.
The attorney general’s office says the suspects, including one health sector official, face charges of improper use of authority. Some are also charged with negligent injury and negligent homicide.
State prosecutors in the northern state of Sonora previously reported charges against 18 people in the June 5 fire. But the federal office said Saturday that the number is 14, without explaining the difference.
Witnesses say there was only one working exit and insufficient safety precautions at the day-care center in Hermosillo, the Sonora state capital.
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