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Added on the 22/06/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
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.
Mexico City, Apr 8 (EFE).- Families of the missing persons protested on Thursday in Mexico City to demand justice for the disappearance of their relatives. Relatives of missing people from all over Mexico demanded that the state’s Executive Commission for Victim Assistance (CEAV) reconsider its new operating rules and establish guidelines to meet their needs. (Camera: MIGUEL ÁNGEL ANDRADE). SHOT LIST: RELATIVES OF MISSING PEOPLE PROTEST IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
Medellin, Aug 31(EFE).- Relatives of victims of forced disappearance held Monday a symbolic event in the city of Medellin to demand a "tougher" search and the truth, as well as to condemn the disappearances that still continue in Colombia. (Camera: LUIS EDUARDO NORIEGA).SHOT LIST: RELATIVES OF VICTIMS OF FORCED DISAPPREARANCE PARTICIPATE IN A SYMBOLIC EVENT IN MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA.SOUND BITE: LUZ AMPARO MEJIA, MEMBER OF THE MOTHERS OF LA CANDELARIA MOVEMENT.TRANSLATION: We’re at the Plaza Republicana in the city of Medellin to pay tribute to our loved ones who disappeared.
Colombo, Aug 28 (EFE/EPA).-Colombo, Aug 28 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lankan activists and family members of enforced disappeared persons gathered outside the main court complex in Colombo on Friday to demand justice for their loved ones. According to the Amnesty International, Sri Lanka has one of the world’s highest number of enforced disappearances, with a backlog of between 60,000 and 100,000 disappearances since the late 1980s. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER TO PROTEST OUTSIDE THE MAIN COURT COMPLEX IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
San Cristobal de las Casas, Aug 11 (EFE).- Families and activists marched Tuesday to demand that the authorities search for the indigenous child who was kidnapped last June in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The children's rights organizations criticized during the protest the late reaction of the prosecutor's office of Chiapas and expressed their confidence in finding the boy and 113 other children who went missing earlier. (Camera: MITZI FUENTES GOMEZ).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE MARCH IN THE CITY OF SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, IN CHIAPAS STATE, MEXICO.SOUND BITE: JUANITA PEREZ, MOTHER OF THE MISSING CHILD, DYLAN ESAU GOMEZ PEREZ. TRANSLATION: I feel bad knowing that many days have passed and I still have no news of my child. It has been many days that I leave (my house) in the morning in hope of getting some news of him and returning home at night without any news at all. I feel very bad but it also makes me stronger and not lose hope of finding my boy one day.