Followers have fun after Mexico gained the sport after beating Ecuador Fifa World Cup 2026 on June 30, 2026. — Reuters
Three individuals died from suffocation as hundreds of followers crowded Mexico Metropolis streets throughout World Cup celebrations, the capital’s well being secretariat stated within the early hours of Wednesday.
The deaths occurred close to the Angel of Independence landmark, the place hundreds of soccer followers had gathered to have fun Mexico’s 2-0 victory over Ecuador within the spherical of 32.
Emergency groups tended to 3 unconscious individuals at completely different areas round Paseo de la Reforma, authorities stated. The capital’s most emblematic boulevard and the streets round it had been closed to visitors and arrange for the soccer celebrations.
“After receiving advanced resuscitation efforts, the deaths of a 44-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman from suffocation have been confirmed,” the well being authority initially stated on social media.
The third fatality was a 48-year-old girl who was handled on a close-by avenue after struggling asphyxiation and died after being taken to hospital, the secretariat added in a later submit.
Mayor Clara Brugada expressed her condolences to the households of the victims on X and urged everybody to “always celebrate with responsibility, care, and empathy”.
Mexicans took to the streets to have fun after the nationwide group ended a 40-year look forward to a World Cup knockout victory on the Azteca Stadium within the capital, with the win in opposition to Ecuador sending the co-hosts into the final 16.
The followers’ euphoria, amid cheering and chants, contrasted with pictures shared on social media of emergency responders and paramedics tending to distressed individuals mendacity on the bottom in close by streets.
With greater than 20 million residents, Mexico Metropolis’s metropolitan space is among the most populous on the planet and is accustomed to massive celebrations and big crowds of individuals.
