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Five Charged in Grenade Blast
 EFE
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September 01, 2010
Mexico City – Five people have been charged in the explosion that injured 20 people at a bar in Puerto Vallarta, the Attorney General’s Office said.
The men accidentally detonated a grenade inside the Pink Cheladas club on Francisco Villa, according to prosecutors.
The blast occurred around midnight last Wednesday, when the bar was filled with around 150 people. Two of the injured had to have limbs amputated.
The five defendants face charges for illegal possession of a grenade, terrorism and criminal association, the AG’s office said.
Investigators say the five suspects were drinking at the bar when one of them – apparently drunk – produced a grenade, pulled the pin and accidentally dropped the device on the floor, where it exploded.
The suspects, who were also injured in the blast, are currently under military guard at several different Puerto Vallarta hospitals and will be jailed pending trial once they have been discharged.
The AG’s office has opened an investigation into the suspects’ possible links to organized crime elements in the resort town.
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