Home > Vigil for victims of Mexico metro disaster

News
Vigil for victims of Mexico metro disaster

Description

Hundreds of protesters hold a vigil in the Mexican capital, demanding justice for the 26 people killed when an elevated metro line with a history of problems came crashing down.

Added on the 08/05/2021 13:54:07 - Copyright : AFP EN

To customise your video :

Or Create an account

More videos on the subject

  • Vigil held in Mexico City to demand justice for metro accident victims

    Mexico City, May 7 (EFE).- Hundreds of people gathered Friday at the site of a deadly metro overpass accident in Mexico City to pay tribute to the 26 victims of the worst tragedy in the city since an earthquake in 2017.The accident took place Monday night when a beam of an elevated section caved in, causing the train carriages to dangle in a V shape.On Friday evening, locals began approaching the door of the Olivos station on Line 12, which remains closed, to place candles in honor of the victims of the accident, which also left 88 injured, 33 of whom are still receiving treatment. (Camera: ULISES ANDRADE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE PAY TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS OF SUBWAY ACCIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.

    08/05/2021 - EFE Inglés
  • One month after Mexico City metro disaster, public demands justice

    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.

    04/06/2021 - EFE Inglés
  • Funeral of youngest victim of Mexico City metro disaster

    Mexico City, May 5 (EFE) .- A 13-year-old boy who died in the collapse of the Mexico City metro overpass was farewelled by family and friends in an emotional funeral on Wednesday.The wake took place inside the family home in the south of the capital, where the small white coffin was displayed along with white flowers and a photo of a smiling Giovanny.(Camera: ULISES ANDRADE)SHOT LIST: FUNERAL OF GIOVANNY IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.

    06/05/2021 - EFE Inglés
  • Relatives of Mexico metro overpass collapse victims search for justice

    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.

    05/05/2021 - EFE Inglés
  • Mexico: Images of the moment 7.1 quake strikes Morelos state

    At least 64 people were killed in Morelos state, directly south of Mexico City, after a massive 7.1-magnitude quake rocked Mexico, killing nearly 140 people Tuesday. IMAGES

    20/09/2017 - AFPTV - First images
  • Spanish firefighters search for victims of blaze in Valencia flats

    Firefighters pick through the still-smouldering ruins of a 14-storey apartment building for the more than a dozen people reported missing after a fire ravaged the block of flats in the Spanish port city of Valencia, claiming the lives of at least four people. Experts say the building was covered with highly flammable cladding, which could account for the rapid spread of the blaze after it broke out on the fourth floor at around 5:30 pm (1630 GMT) on February 22. IMAGES

    23/02/2024 - AFPTV - First images

More videosNews

Watch video of  - DemainEntreprendre - épisode 12 - Label : Economie wallonne -
News

DemainEntreprendre - épisode 12

29/04/2021 12:55:32