Argentine disco blaze trial gets underway
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In 2004, a fire at a disco in Buenos Aires left 194 people dead and brought down the city government at the time. The blaze broke out after someone set off flares inside the Cromagnon Republic nightclub.
Now, 4 years later, the trial against the venue’s owner and the rock band that were playing at the time of the disaster has begun.
The venue’s owner, Omar Chaban, and members of the Los Callejeros rock group, who were playing that night, face trial and prison terms ranging from eight to 20 years if convicted, writes the BBC.
Read the whole BBC dispatch on the Cromagnon Republic nightclub trial here.
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-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City
**edited at 3:17 Mexico City time. The tradedy happened in 2004, not 1994.