Hit by an explosion in Hidalgo, they refuse to bury their relatives because of local beliefs.

Relatives of the victims of the explosion of Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, January 18 they do not want to bury the deceased in the extension of the municipal pantheon because they believe that the first that they bury in this "damn ground" will take all his family.

The extension of the pantheon, which was run by the government, It was not enough to bury those who are missing, Established a Televisa report. The first bodies that were buried in the pantheon were four, one of them was David Silla Sierra, sobrino of the mayor who died burned in the blast.

As a result, governments the federal and municipal authorities got land to bury the victims, that for emergency this extension has been requested. The mayor had the authorization "verbal" land owners to bury.

The municipal pantheon It's one kilometer from where the pipeline explodedbut the land that was used for the extension of the new graves they are on one side and, in less than a week, they have cleaned and marked the new lime areas.

"The part that is scratched, It's going to be a walker. That's how we distributed it. "

Local authorities might realize that theRelatives of the victims do not want to bury the remains of their loved ones on the new land.

"The beliefs of the people have not allowed anyone to bury because they are convinced that the first to fall in will take the whole family. Some requests indicate that it was not a sacred field, "said Tlahuelilpan Mayor Juan Cruz.

In this case, the mayor of Tlahuelilpan he had no choice but to go with the parish priest of the municipality to try to get back into this situation.

"We first told people that the blessing was going to be madeit's not a new pantheon, it's next to the other. We see the bishop, the whole property was visited with blessing and holy water"said José Valdez, priest of Tlahuelilpan.

Among the deceased victims of the blast only 30 bodies were buried in the pantheon of Tlahuelilpan, the other dead were buried in the new land already blessed.

"Up to now, more than 30 people they were buried, they were tombs that were emptied and the remains were put. In fact, people are told that for new graves, there is more"said the mayor.

The municipal administration is worried because the delivery of the bodies that will be identified via DNA will be and many families, with missing people, They reject the new terrain as an option.

Alfredo Islas, a family member of one of the missing in the blast, told Denise Maerker's TV news that they do not want to bury the bodies in the new ground because we believe you can take the whole family: "Maybe there is a risk, my mother also believes in it."

"There is a belief that eThe first must be in the center, he must be standing, if the whole family leaves or another misfortune comes. Let's leave aside all those beliefs that they become a superstition"mentioned the priest of Tlahuelilpan.