Stage collapses at Mexico campaign rally leaving nine dead

Wind causes part of stage to fall at event for presidential candidate Jorge Álvarez Máynez in San Pedro Garza García

Nine people were killed and at least 50 others injured when a stage structure collapsed at a campaign event for the Mexican presidential candidate Jorge Álvarez Máynez, local officials have said.

Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said a gust of wind caused the accident in the city of San Pedro Garza García in the northern state of Nuevo León.