However, some survivors and survivors criticized the actions of the authorities. According to them, it does not sufficiently take into account the responsibilities of private companies involved in the design, construction and maintenance of the bridge on the Mexican metro line number 12.
Prosecutor Ernestina Godoy informed of the impending indictment the day before the tragedy’s first anniversary. Dozens of people will hear accusations of murder, personal injury, and damages. Godoy said the bridge’s fall was caused by a “construction and design error”. The bridge collapsed less than ten years after its construction.
NO COMMENT: A security camera captured the moment an overpass under a subway in Mexico collapsed.
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Prosecutors also asked survivors and survivors to join in a compensation agreement to be paid by the construction company CICSA, owned by one of the world’s richest men, Carlos Slim. In the agreement, the wording of which was not made public, the company stressed that by paying compensation, it did not recognize responsibility for the bridge’s fall, El País said. Godoy said 90 percent of victims had joined the deal.
Quality is affected by corruption
However, a group of 12 survivors did not participate and condemned the actions of the authorities. “But they don’t want more money,” their lawyer, Theophilo Benitez, told the paper. According to him, the official investigation has not seen progress for months. Reports according to survivors’ groups indicate that the bridge’s collapse was influenced by design, construction and maintenance errors.
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According to them, the quality of work is negatively affected by corruption. “You can forget a screw or two, but when a hundred is missing, it’s called corruption,” the lawyer said. The MCCI anti-corruption initiative also published its findings today, pointing out errors in the investigation. According to him, for example, several key samples that were sent for analysis to foreign laboratories were missing.
This case is very sensitive not only because of the involvement of Carlos Slim’s company. The metro line, nicknamed “gold” for its high construction costs, was put into operation and started operation during the administration of a close associate of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who built the image of a formidable anti-corruption fighter.
Current Secretary of State Marcel Ebrard led the Mexican capital from 2006 to 2012, when Line 12 entered service.
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