They reported 68 people intoxicated in Cojedes School (details)

In the Bolivarian National Liceo Manuel Manrique de Apartero, Anzoátegui municipality, Cojedes State, the poisoning of more than 68 people was reported.

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The regional media reported that among those affected are 47 students, an unidentified citizen and 19 adults.

In a video posted by the regional newspaper The Clarín On Thursday, March 27, you can see officials of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) and ambulances went to the place to serve the affected students.

The victims received the smell of a substance that caused them vomiting, dizziness, headaches and even seizures, according to a source to this same medium.

The details of the case

Civil Protection officials and firefighters who presented themselves in the place transferred to those affected to the Egor Nuleto de San Carlos hospital.

Among the affected students is a 14 -year -old teenager, who is in critical condition in the intensive care unit of this health center, said the media The street.

According to the environment, the authorities began investigations and arrested a teenager as one of the alleged perpetrators. Parents and representatives expressed concern and demanded an answer to the authorities.

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Cases of registered poisoning

This situation is not an isolated episode, because there have been similar poisoning cases in other states of the country. On February 11, Andrés Goncalves, Secretary of Citizen Security of La Guaira, confirmed that in the entity at least 14 children of the Rafael Urdaneta school presented symptoms of poisoning.

The minors, aged between 9 and 14, entered the Popular Clinic Alfredo Machado and the Rafael Medina Jiménez de Pariata hospital to evaluate them and subsequently discharged, Goncalves said in an interview for Radio Union.

According to the reports, these 14 children consumed a product that had been acquired by the grandfather of one of the victims.

On February 11 and 12, two similar situations were reported in Barinas. In these cases, students from two educational institutions of the entity also presented symptoms of poisoning and had to transfer them to hospitals.

According to the medium Latest news, One of the incidents occurred at the Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa Lyceum, in the Antonio José de Sucre municipality.