Mexican competition AXE Ceremonia cancelled after crane collapse leaves two photographers useless
AXE Ceremonia Pageant in Mexico Metropolis has been suspended after a crane collapse on web site killed two photojournalists.
The foremost music occasion was going down this weekend at Bicentennial Park, however was known as off by native authorities on Sunday (April 6). A crane was transporting an ornamental steel object when it collapsed at round 5:30pm on Saturday, reportedly resulting from a gust of wind.
Two photographers that had been protecting the occasion – Miguel Angel Rojas (26) and Berenice Giles (28) – had been killed after struggling traumatic mind accidents and fractures. They’d been working for the music publication Mr. Indie.
Los equipos de @MHGOByJ y @MHPrevencion, junto con el @inveacdmx, concluyeron la verificación y se colocaron los sellos de suspensión de actividades en los accesos al AXE Ceremonia, en el Parque Bicentenario.
Por lo que se suspende el evento de este domingo 6 de abril. pic.twitter.com/jjjWeXhUpl
— Alcaldía Miguel Hidalgo (@AlcaldiaMHmx) April 6, 2025
“With deep unhappiness we are saying goodbye to our mates and colleagues, Berenice Giles and Miguel Hernandez, who misplaced their lives whereas doing their journalistic work,” Mr. Indie wrote in a press release. “Each had been a necessary a part of Mr. Indie, a media that exists due to the eagerness of individuals like them. From our house, we wish to honor their dedication, their love for music and images, and their dedication to this mission that was additionally theirs.”
Nos duele el corazón.
Bere y Miguel no solo eran parte de mr indie. Eran nuestros amigos, nuestros compañeros, nuestras miradas detrás de la música.
Hoy compartimos este comunicado para honrar lo que fueron y todo lo que nos dejaron. pic.twitter.com/n1NqTtblBY
— Mr. Indie (@_MrIndie) April 6, 2025
The mayor’s workplace of the borough of Miguel Hidalgo confirmed the occasion had been suspended on Sunday. “The groups from the Miguel Hidalgo Authorities and Authorized Affairs, together with the borough’s Civil Safety division and the Administrative Verification Institute of Mexico Metropolis, accomplished the inspection and positioned suspension seals on the entrances to AXE Ceremonia in Bicentennial Park,” they acknowledged.
The Mexico Metropolis Prosecutor’s Workplace introduced that they’d launched an investigation into the occasions resulting in the accident.
AXE Ceremonia continued with its full line-up on Saturday after the accident, with performances from Charli XCX, South Korean boy band Tomorrow X Collectively and Mexican rapper Natanael Cano. Sunday was resulting from see Huge Assault and Tyler, The Creator amongst others. The competition confirmed that each one ticket consumers can be refunded by way of Ticketmaster.
— AXE Ceremonia (@AXECeremonia) April 6, 2025
The competition wrote on their Instagram tales. “With deep unhappiness, we verify the passing of the 2 individuals who had been injured throughout right now’s incident,” she mentioned. “We’re deeply heartbroken by this loss. We’re reaching out to their households to help them throughout this extremely troublesome time and to supply them with all our care and solidarity.”
“The security of our group has at all times been our precedence, and we proceed, as from the very starting, to keep up shut collaboration and full transparency with the authorities. We are going to proceed to share official updates in regards to the occasion by way of our social media channels.”
The mayor’s workplace added that the incident might have resulted from the set up of extra cranes that had not been included within the deliberate program for pre-festival inspection.