Second victim dies from Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico explosion

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc.

Mexican official Luis Videgaray announced that Edgardo Garcia Gonzalez, age 25, one of five victims injured in the August 31, 2014, explosion at the Mexican Customs Inspection Office in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, passed away on September 8th from the severe burn injuries he sustained while being treated at a specialized medical burn center in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

Videgaray expressed the Mexican government’s deepest condolences to the family of Edgardo Garcia Gonzalez on his passing away.

Garcia Gonzalez sustained severe second and third degree burns to approximately 90% of his body in the August 31st blast. He was an employee of the Mexican Customs Department at the time of the explosion.

According to explosive experts from the Mexican Attorney General’s Office, the August 31st Piedras Negras, Coahuila explosion was caused by the accumulation of natural gas in or near the building on the Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras International Bridge No. 2.

The first victim to succumb to the explosion was Ana Griselda Vasquez Duque, age 28, on August 31st.

Four other Piedras Negras, Coahuila explosion burn victims are currently being treated at the specialized burn hospital in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.