Four people died during street celebrations in Mexico City late on Wednesday night after Mexico beat Ecuador to record their first World Cup knockout-stage victory in 40 years.
Hundreds of thousands of supporters gathered along Paseo de la Reforma, the city’s main boulevard, where giant screens had been set up to broadcast the match. Three of the four deaths were caused by suffocation, Mexican health authorities said.
Emergency teams responded to three people who lost consciousness at separate locations along the avenue. A 19-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man died after advanced resuscitation attempts failed. A third victim, a 48-year-old woman, died later in hospital. A fourth death was announced subsequently: a man in his thirties who was taken to hospital suffering from severe convulsions and gastrointestinal bleeding, and died after cardiac arrest.
