A series of ten explosions took place on April 22, 1992, in the downtown district of Analco Colonia Atlas in Guadalajara city, Jalisco state, Mexico.

[5] Before the explosions, on April 19, Gante Street residents reported a strong stench of gasoline and plumes of white smoke coming out from the sewers to the City of Guadalajara.

At 10:29 evacuations began in the Mexicaltzingo neighborhood, two minutes before the sixth explosion was recorded at the intersection of 5 de Febrero and Río Bravo.

After this explosion the neighborhoods of Atlas, Álamo Industrial, El Rosario, Quinta Velarde and Fraccionamiento Revolución; and the center of the municipality of Tlaquepaque; were evacuated.

After the explosions, there was great panic on April 25 among residents of the neighborhoods 5 de Mayo, el Deán, Echeverría and Polanco; firefighters asked people to avoid lighting any flames, due to a strong smell of gas.

Some people initially thought a cooking oil manufacturing company was leaking hexane, a flammable liquid similar to (and a component of) gasoline, into the sewers, but this was later found to be erroneous.

She started the group that has a total of 80 members not only because no one was convicted of this preventable incident but also because the victims of this tragedy were not receiving any compensation or assistance due to injuries sustained or loss as a result of the accident.

Although they are aware that no amount of money will bring back their relatives as states Chávez, the tragedy left them unable to care for themselves let alone afford their medication as a consequence of the incident.