Mexico: 23 dead in the likely criminal fire of a Veracruz bar

Coatzacoalcos (Mexico) (AFP)

At least 23 people were killed and 13 wounded in the likely criminal fire of a bar in the city of Coatzacoalcos, in the Mexican state of Veracruz (east), said the prosecutor's office on Wednesday.

Eight women are among the victims, the prosecutor said, adding that an investigation had been opened by the prosecutor's office in Veracruz, one of the regions most affected by drug-related violence.

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