Mexican news agencies says the Ministry of Health confirmed 32 people in the state of Jalisco were poisoned recently and half of them died after drinking a name-brand cane alcohol.
Authorities suspect the 96-proof brand of El Chorrito was tainted with high levels of methanol during the production process.
Authorities were alerted to the first victims on Saturday in Mazamitla and Tamazula.
A 66-year-old woman died and another woman was hospitalized. The 30 other victims are men in their 20s to early 80s.
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The state prosecutor’s office says it will launch an investigation into the poisonings, including a review of El Chorrito’s parent company, Grupo Sáenz.
Last year in Costa Rica, at least 20 people died from drinking methanol-laced alcohol.
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