Mexico: Pipeline Explosion Death Toll Rises To 79,
According to reuters, Mexico’s health minister Jorge Alcocer said on Sunday at a press conference that the number of people killed in a gasoline pipeline explosion has risen to 79. Another 66 people remained hospitalized. The blast occurred on Friday when up to 800 people flocked to collect gasoline at the Tula-Tuxpan pipeline that had been punctured by fuel thieves.