12 die in police raid stampede in Mexico City
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Panicked youths rushed for the exits during a police raid on a Mexico City nightclub Friday, leaving at least 12 people dead in the crush of bodies, the capital’s police chief said.
Chief Joel Ortega said three police officers and nine youths, at least three of them minors, were killed. At least 13 others were injured, reports the Associated Press.
‘The city is indignant,’ Mayor Marcelo Ebrard told a news conference. ‘What we saw yesterday was ethically unacceptable.’
City prosecutors said a 13-year-old girl died along with other customers younger than 16. The legal drinking age in Mexico City is 18. Three police officers also died in the crush at the club in Mexico City’s Nueva Atzacoalco district. Ebrard said ‘all of the public servants directly involved’ in the raid had been suspended. The city prosecutor’s office said that included the police director who led the action. -- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City