Truck with voters went overboard in Chiapas; two people died

On the morning of this Sunday, April 10, and prior to election day, a truck that transported people who intended to cast their votes in the exercise of revocation of mandate, fell into the ravine while it was driving along the road that connects the communities of San Jorge and Nueva Victoria, in Chiapas.

Witnesses who witnessed the event said that around 15 people were traveling inside the vehicle, including men and women, who were ejected from the truck when it capsized when it fell through an elevated area of the San Fernando Mountains region.

The incident occurred around 7:35 a.m. when the three-and-a-half-ton Ford vehicle fell into the void from a height of approximately 80 meters; as of Sunday afternoon eight people were identified as traveling in the truck.

The deceased were identified as Petrona “N” and Lesbia “N”, as well as Bertha Milagros, a baby just a few months old who was transported by her mother in the vehicle. While some of the wounded were identified as Fabian “N”; Cristina “N”; Jesus “N”; Marisela “N” and José “N”.

Iván Alejandro, head of Civil Protection of the entity, announced that the first investigations have already begun to clarify the facts, since the driver is presumed to have lost control of the vehicle due to the fact that it was operating with excess weight.

The wounded were treated by PC personnel, who provided first aid to the victims and later transferred them to a nearby hospital; on the other hand, the bodies were lifted by experts from the Chiapas State Attorney General's Office (FGE).

According to official information provided by the authorities, the vehicle is owned by the APS company and all the people who moved in its rear were originally from the community of Nueva Victoria.

One of those involved in the accident announced that they went to the municipal seat to cast their vote because a box was not installed in their community, but they decided to participate as they were provided with free transportation to attend the Mandate Revocation exercise.

Local media reported that the truck was owned by the Municipal Government, whose owner is José Antonio Castillejos Castellanos, who organized the transfer of people to the municipal seat to exercise their right to vote.

Another incident recorded on Sunday's election day occurred in the 12th district of Veracruz, since the box corresponding to the territory was not installed because the president of the casilla could not be located, so she was reported missing.

The president of the INE local council in Veracruz, Josué Cervantes Martínez, reported on what happened in a statement: “The district council set up a commission to go to the home, some relatives were contacted, based on information presented by neighbors, they were asked to open the house, and the but none of the relatives wanted to assume that responsibility, and they told the commission, that they are concerned that their relative has not been located since yesterday,” he reported.

The presiding councillor of the National Electoral Institute, Lorenzo Córdova also spoke about the same fact, assuring that the institution has already submitted the complaints corresponding to the case, which will be dealt with by the ministerial authorities of the state, who will try to recover the electoral package that was guarding the civil servant.

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