Numerous pupils in Mexico were enigmatically poisoned

MEXICO CITY: 

According to local officials, a poisonous chemical poisoned at least 57 students at a remote secondary school in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. The third mass poisoning at Chiapas schools mentioned in local media over the previous two weeks, which alarmed parents and alarmed children, occurred on Friday.

Mexican Social Security Institute:

The Mexican Social Security Institute said on Friday that 57 adolescent pupils from the rural Bochil hamlet had presented to the neighborhood hospital with signs of poisoning. According to the institute, all of the students were in stable condition except for one who was sent to a hospital in the state's capital in a "delicate" condition. Authorities did not comment on the reason, but local media reported that some parents think the youngsters may have consumed tainted food or drink.

Leaders of Bochil said:

In a statement, the leaders of Bochil said, "We are appalled by these actions," and they added that they are aiding a state prosecutor's probe. Social media videos depicted a hysterical scenario in which people carrying adolescents wearing school uniforms ran along a hospital hallway while yelling anxiously.

After hearing rumors in the local media and on social media that pupils had tested positive for cocaine, the state prosecutor's office posted on social media on Saturday that it had done 15 toxicology tests, all of which had come back negative. In a Facebook video posted on Saturday, many parents gathered outside the secondary school's basketball court and requested information from the authorities while more than a dozen police, some wearing shields, stood by and watched.

Affected a number of kids:

One of the men in the film claimed that his daughter had been poisoned and that she and other classmates had tested positive for cocaine at a private laboratory. When questioned about the earlier poisoning incidents, the state prosecutor's office stated that it will keep testing kids. Since September 23, there have been two prior occurrences of widespread poisoning in the city of Tapachula that have affected a number of kids.