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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.
Mourners attend a mass for the victims of a roof collapse at a church in northeastern Mexico that left 11 people dead and another dozen injured. The tragedy struck the coastal town of Ciudad Madero, in Tamaulipas state, when about 70 people were attending a baptism at the Santa Cruz Catholic Church, according to officials. IMAGES
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.
Reynosa, Jun 21 (EFE).- The parents of one of the 14 people who were killed Saturday in several attacks by criminal groups in the Mexican city of Reynosa demanded justice Monday for the cold-blooded, and apparently random, death of their son .The attacks have angered the state of Tamaulipas and the country since they were committed in broad daylight.The official death toll is currently 14, although some sources said that the figure could rise to between 23 and 26. (Camera: MARTIN JUÁREZ).SHOT LIST: FAMILIES AND RELATIVES ATTEND FUNERAL OF FERNANDO RUIZ FLORES, ONE OF THE ATTACK VICTIMS.SOUND BITE: PÁNFILA FLORES, MOTHER OF FERNANDO RUIZ FLORES, ONE OF THE VICTIMS. TRANSLATION: I am not interested in who or what group did this or anything. What I demand is justice because my son was a boy with a future, who was also a studious worker and respectful of all people.
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.