Canadian Women Arrested in Mexico Firebombing Detained for Up to 40 More Days The Canadian Press
go to original January 10, 2014

A vigil was held Thursday morning outside the Mexican Consulate in downtown Montreal on Peel Street for the two Canadian women, including a Montrealer, being detained in Mexico following a Molotov cocktail attack on a government building earlier this week. (CJAD800Montreal)

MONTREAL - Two Canadian women arrested in connection with a Mexico City firebombing have been ordered to remain in a Mexican jail for up to 40 more days.

A spokesman for Mexico's federal attorney-general says a judge has ruled that Fallon Rouiller Poisson and Amelie Pelletier will stay behind bars while local authorities continue their criminal investigation into the attack.

Poisson and Pelletier were apprehended in the capital earlier this week after Molotov cocktails damaged a building that houses a federal government office and a nearby car dealership.

The attorney-general's office says that for now the case is being considered vandalism — but adds that the ongoing investigation could lead to more serious criminal charges.

Poisson, a 20-year-old from Montreal, and Pelletier have yet to be charged with any crimes.

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