After more than two weeks fighting for his life, a man from Torreón, in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, was pronounced dead after being hospitalized for ingesting a toxic substance that severely burned his throat, trachea, and respiratory tract.
On Sept. 18, local media confirmed the death of Carlos Gurrola Arguijo, a custodian at a shopping center in Torreón, who was the victim of a reckless and harmful act allegedly carried out by his coworkers. According to reports, the workers placed a toxic substance in the bottle from which Gurrola was drinking water.
