Mexico resort served tainted alcohol, says lawsuit in student's 'tragic, senseless' death

Nguyễn Tuấn 2018-11-29

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Doctors there determined Abbey was brain dead.

Abbey had made it clear years earlier that she wanted to be an organ donor and the family kept her on life support until organ recipients were found.

“Abbey’s plight was reasonably foreseeable,” and “despite their knowledge that tainted alcohol festered within local supply chains in Mexico, particularly in resort areas such as Playa del Carmen,” Iberostar and affiliated companies failed to protect her, the complaint says.

Iberostar has repeatedly denied any of its alcohol has been tainted and said its supply chains are secure.

Mexican authorities have long acknowledged a problem with illicit alcohol but deny a widespread issue with it being tainted. A 2017 report by government officials and industry representatives found as much as 36 percent of the alcohol consumed in the country is illicit, meaning it is produced under unregulated conditions.

In February, Mexican officials shut down two black market tequila distilleries and seized nearly 20,000 gallons of illegal alcohol. Preliminary tests found 235 gallons were contaminated with dangerous levels of methanol.

Methanol is commonly used in windshield washer fluid and as a solvent and is extremely toxic even in small quantities.

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