The Government Secretariat of Mexico City explained that on Tuesday, November 1, 89,000 people attended the pantheons to celebrate and honor their loved ones, while this Wednesday, November 2, was the day with the highest capacity with 230,000.
“This agency, through the Undersecretary of Government, the General Directorate of Government and the Political Coordination area, carried out coordination, monitoring and support tasks for the people who went to these places,” the authority said in a statement. .
He added that in the special device for surveillance in the pantheons of Mexico City, elements of the Ministry of Citizen Security, the Capital Prosecutor’s Office, Locatel, the Federal Consumer Attorney’s Office, among other agencies, also participated.
For its part, the Miguel Hidalgo mayor’s office reported that on November 1 and 2 there were 63,401 visits to the Panteón Dolores, and 20,129 to the Panteón Sanctorum.
The Tlalpan mayor’s office registered more than 10,000 visitors in the 11 cemeteries and 10,000 more in the esplanade of the demarcation during the four days in which recreational activities, tours, legends, music and folklore were carried out.
Among the incidents recorded by the Ministry of Citizen Security is the arrest of the driver of a van who tried to enter the pantheon of San Nicolás Tolentino, in Iztapalapa, and hit a traffic officer and city hall staff who were carrying out review protocols.
“The police officers in charge of guarding the place had contact with a white van, whose driver ignored the entry instructions made by the officers, who launched his vehicle towards one of the officers and another person who was in the area. site, Civil Protection paramedics who arrived at the scene valued the 27-year-old uniformed officer, assigned to the Undersecretary of Traffic Control and the 45-year-old man, as polycontusions, for which they were treated at the site without requiring transfer “, reads in a statement.
The 48-year-old was presented to the Public Ministry where his legal situation will be determined.
