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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.
Migrants protest outside the National Migration Institute in Mexico City after a truck carrying migrants in southern Mexico crashed last week, killing 56 people. 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.
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.
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.