More than 100 students were poisoned by drug-contaminated drinking water at a school in Mexico last Friday (7). The incident occurred in the municipality of Bochil in the state of Chiapas, where students from the ‘Juana de Asbaje’ school showed signs of poisoning.
According to Argentina’s newspaper Clarín, on average, teens between the ages of 13 and 15 began fainting or having seizures shortly after drinking water at school. The students also had stomachaches, according to El País.
According to information released by the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) until Saturday afternoon (8), 57 students were treated at the rural hospital in Bochil – 55 discharged and one stable and under observation.
In a video shared by Mexican news agency RI Oaxaca on social networks, it is possible to observe the moment when children arrive at the health unit.
The municipal and state Prevention Police and National Guard, supported by protection elements, were required to travel to the area to activate and provide medical care to the victims. Research into the causes of mass poisoning has also been initiated.
The State’s Attorney General’s Office reported on its official Twitter account that it had begun conducting toxicological tests on students at the institution, and all of them were “negative for drugs.”
However, El País points out that some relatives of the victims took them to a private clinic, and tests according to them showed that their daughters and sons were suffering from cocaine poisoning.
Also, according to Clarín, this is the third case of poisoning at a school in less than a month in the state of Chiapas. The previous two took place in the municipality of Tapachula, at two educational institutions. The first case came to light at the end of September, when 34 students were drunk, while the second case came to light last Thursday, when 10 students reported the same situation.
source: Noticias
