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Workers continue to remove debris and clear the area where an elevated metro line collapsed in Mexico City, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens. IMAGES
Mexico City, May 4 (EFE).- Family members on Tuesday demanded justice for those who lost their lives after a metro overpass collapsed in Mexico City.Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday pledged a thorough investigation into a metro overpass collapse in this capital that left at least 23 dead and 79 people hospitalized.The collapse caused two carriages to plummet onto an avenue in the southeastern Mexico City borough of Tlahuac late Monday. (Camera: MIGUEL ANGEL ANDRADE). SHOT LIST: RELATIVES OF THE VICTIMS OF A METRO OVERPASS COLLAPSE WAIT FOR THE BODIES TO BE DELIVERED, OUTSIDE THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
Mexico City, Sep 7 (EFE).- The accident of Mexico City's Metro Line 12, which left 26 dead in May, was due to structural flaws, mainly because of the missing bolts in the area where the overpass collapsed, according to the expert report of the Norwegian firm DNV presented on Tuesday. (Camera: ULISES ANDRADE VELA).SHOT LIST: EXPERTS PRESENT REPORT ON CAUSE OF MEXICO CITY METRO COLLAPSE IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.SOUND BITES: THE SECRETARY OF WORKS AND SERVICES OF MEXICO CITY, JESUS ANTONIO ESTEVA MEDINA (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: The results of the analyzes indicated that the collapse occurred as a result of the buckling of the North and South Beams due to the lack of functional bolts in a significant length.
Mexico City, Jun 14 (EFE).- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday that the conservative opposition is seeking to use last month's deadly metro accident in this capital for political gain.
Mexico City, Jun 3 (EFE).- Thursday marked one month since Mexico City's metro disaster, which killed 26 people and injured close to 100, as victims and residents demanded justice and denounced a lack of accountability and progress in the case.The outrage is tangible around the area of the accident in the neighborhood of Tláhuac, in the east of Mexico City, where memorials built by the neighbors have turned into protests against impunity. (Camera: MIGUEL ANGEL ANDRADE).SHOT LIST: THE ACCIDENT SITE OF LINE 12 OF THE METRO AND MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE NUMBER LINE 12 METRO OVERPASS COLLAPSE AT THE SITE OF THE WRECKAGE, IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO. SOUND BITES: YAZMÍN SUÁREZ, WHO LIVES 15 MINUTES FROM TEZONCO STATION; OMERO ARAIZA, WHO REPRESENTS A GROUP OF THOSE AFFECTED; AND MAGNOLIA TÉLLEZ, RESIDENT (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: Yazmín Suárez: There are practically no explanations. My feeling about this situation is impotence, it is sadness, that the government ignores you.Omero Araiza: It is justice for victims, punishment for the guilty, total demolition of Line 12. Because from its origins, since its construction, it has flaws in the design, it has structural damage. (The entire line) was supposed to be built underground.- There are still no expert reports, there are still no alleged perpetrators arrested, and the victims are already buried.Magnolia Téllez: When they started building it, it looked bad from the beginning because all of this is problematic (…) the tragedy that happened is unforgivable for the person who actually did this work.
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