BUENOS AIRES: Judge Orders Nightclubs Closure After Deaths at EDM Festival

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

The deaths were due to drugs.

The BBC reports:

A judge in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, has banned nightclubs from opening until they have set up proper health and safety systems. Two weeks ago five young people died and a further five were sent to hospital after taking the drug ecstasy at an electronic music event. The judge said city authorities should train up inspectors and security guards to police the clubs.

He said little had been done to control the consumption of drugs in clubs. Judge Roberto Gallardo said there was “a landscape of impunity and lack of state control with respect to nocturnal activities”. He said that the city government of Buenos Aires should establish a plan of action for its inspectors and police forces to enforce laws prohibiting the consumption in public of drugs.

The judge said he wanted to see a timetable of inspections and a plan of action “for the short-, medium- and long term.” Until this was done, he said, “all dancing to recorded or live music was banned until the order was carried out.”

Update: Apparently the ban has been lifted

http://www.youredm.com/2016/04/30/buenos-aires-judge-attemps-to-ban-nightclubs-overturned-within-24-hours/

[dannydevito 10,658]

1 minute ago, LebaneseDude said:

all dancing to recorded or live music was banned until the order was carried out

you cant dance then

not even in your home

[SychosSoChic 9,995]

This was literally an episode of Drop Dead Diva

[Spock 20,292]

9 minutes ago, dannydevito said:

you cant dance then

not even in your home

A Footloose tea

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

6 minutes ago, SychosSoChic said:

This was literally an episode of Drop Dead Diva

 

[Mister Gaga 23,194]

@LebaneseDude the order was dismissed 3 hours after it's release, it did not apply; not for a second.

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

31 minutes ago, Mister Gaga said:

@LebaneseDude the order was dismissed 3 hours after it's release, it did not apply; not for a second.

Oh. Thanks. I'll update the OP.