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ECO Live says remaining festival insurance funds are reserved for victims’ families
Two photographers died when a decorative structure fell at the AXE Ceremonia festival in Mexico City.
The deaths led to a court case involving eight people and three companies accused of negligent homicide.
Miguel Ángel Rojas’s family says companies linked to festival organizer ECO Live had already received insurance money and alleges pressure to accept a settlement.
ECO Live says the policy’s stated value was not the amount paid.
It says the policy was used to meet an agreement with Berenice Giles’s family, and remaining funds are reserved for both families.
During a court hearing, companies linked to Grupo ECO asked the judge to find that the time limit for prosecuting the companies had expired.
The families’ court case is continuing, and ECO Live says it remains willing to reach a settlement with Rojas’s family.
ECO Live said remaining funds from AXE Ceremonia 2025’s liability insurance are reserved exclusively for the victims’ families.
The company said the widely reported figure of more than 100 million pesos was not the amount it received.
The statement followed an accusation by Miguel Ángel Rojas’s family that companies had already collected insurance money related to the deaths of Rojas and Berenice Giles.
The two photographers died after a decorative metal structure fell at the festival.
The case involves eight people and three companies, and ECO Live said it would respect the family’s decision to continue the court process.
- Who
- ECO Live and the families of photographers Miguel Ángel Rojas and Berenice Giles.
- What
- ECO Live said remaining liability-insurance funds are reserved exclusively for the victims’ families.
- When
- The company issued its statement on October 23, 2026.
- Where
- The case concerns AXE Ceremonia 2025 in Mexico City.
- Why
- The statement responded to claims that companies had already collected insurance money and to a dispute over the amount received.
ECO Live
Miguel Ángel Rojas’s family
Insurance funds
ECO Live
The company says remaining funds are reserved exclusively for the victims’ families.
Miguel Ángel Rojas’s family
The family’s legal adviser said Grupo ECO had already collected money related to the deaths.
Reported insurance amount
ECO Live
ECO Live says the figure circulated publicly does not correspond to what it received and that the policy limit is not necessarily the amount paid.
Miguel Ángel Rojas’s family
The family’s legal adviser said the companies had already received money in connection with the deaths.
Settlement and court process
ECO Live
ECO Live says it remains willing to reach a reparatory agreement and respects the family’s decision to continue the proceedings.
Miguel Ángel Rojas’s family
The family has rejected the company’s proposed deal and is continuing the court process.
Relatives and friends held an “Anticoncierto” outside Parque Bicentenario to demand justice, a year after the photographers’ deaths.
Miguel Ángel Rojas’s family protested outside Mexico City’s Superior Court of Justice as the legal proceedings continued.
ECO Live issued a statement explaining the insurance coverage and saying remaining funds were reserved for the victims’ families.
Infobae published its report on ECO Live’s statement and the dispute.
- Festival
- AXE Ceremonia 2025
- Deceased photographers
- Miguel Ángel Rojas and Berenice Giles
- Insurance
- Civil liability policy for the event
- Remaining funds
- ECO Live says they are reserved exclusively for victims’ families
- Court case
- Eight people and three companies are linked to proceedings over alleged negligent homicide
What people are saying
The figure that has been circulated does not correspond to what was received.
Our willingness to reach a reparatory agreement with them remains firm at any stage of the process.
Grupo ECO has already collected money in connection with Miguel and Berenice’s deaths.
We have had to face a very unequal struggle against companies with enormous financial resources that have filed various injunctions that have obstructed our path to this hearing.