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A stage in a northern Mexican city where a presidential candidate was campaigning for a local candidate collapsed after a gust of wind blew through on Wednesday night, leaving at least six people dead and at least 56 others injured, the city\u2019s mayor said.<\/p>\n
The stage collapsed in San Pedro Garza Garc\u00eda, a suburb of Monterrey in the state of Nuevo Le\u00f3n, during an event attended by the progressive candidate Jorge \u00c1lvarez M\u00e1ynez and other members of the Citizens\u2019 Movement party. The collapse was caused by strong wind, President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador of Mexico said on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Miguel Trevi\u00f1o, the mayor, announced the deaths and injuries in a video<\/a>, adding that all of those injured had been taken to hospitals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The stage, which had been erected on a baseball field, was the site of a campaign event<\/a> for the Citizens\u2019 Movement party\u2019s candidate for the city\u2019s mayoral election, Lorenia Canavati. The party said that it had canceled all of its candidates\u2019 scheduled events for Thursday after \u201churricane-like winds\u201d knocked down the stage.<\/p>\n Mr. \u00c1lvarez M\u00e1ynez said on social media<\/a> that he was \u201cfine\u201d after the collapse and that he had been communicating with the state authorities to determine what had happened. Ms. Canavati said that her team was coordinating with the authorities to support the victims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Mexico\u2019s meteorological service said on Wednesday evening that wind gusts of up to about 43 miles per hour were expected in the country\u2019s northeast and that tornadoes were possible in Nuevo Le\u00f3n and nearby states.<\/p>\n Samuel Garc\u00eda, the governor of Nuevo Le\u00f3n, said in a video message that people should take cover from the storm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWe\u2019re witnessing electric storms. Very strong winds and heavy rain is expected for the next two hours,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s already been a tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n People across Mexico will cast ballots for the presidency and more than 20,000 local, state and congressional posts on June 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n Citizens\u2019 Movement, a center-left party founded in 1999, is represented in this year\u2019s general election by Mr. \u00c1lvarez M\u00e1ynez, who has pitched himself as a third-party alternative to the front-runner, Claudia Sheinbaum<\/a> of the ruling Morena party\u2019s coalition, and the opposition\u2019s X\u00f3chitl G\u00e1lvez.<\/p>\n Victoria Kim and Natalie Kitroeff contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n