“No one will be covered”: the CDMX prosecutor’s office has opened a case for wrongful death in the tragedy of metro line 12

After accident that killed 24 people on line 12 of the Metro public transport system, the The Mexico City prosecutor’s office has already opened investigations for the crimes of wrongful death and property damage, both as a guilty area.

In addition, the ministerial authority indicated that only 10 of the people who lost their lives in the crash have been identified, occurred around 10:22 p.m. on May 3 between the Olivos and Tezonco stations of the so-called Golden Line.

“Until this moment, the latest update of information on the number of identified deceased is 10, three women and seven men; seven of them have already been recognized directly by their relatives», Communicated the prosecutor’s office in the capital.

It is José Luis Hernandez Martinez 60 years; Juan Luis Diaz Galicia of 39; Melitón Velasco López out of 46; Angelica Segura Osorio, 44; Liliana lopez garcia, 37; Mario Alberto Bautistas Sánchez, 25; Immer del Águila Pineda, 29; Miguel Angel Vazquez Castellanos 24 years; Cristian Lopez Santiago of 41; as good as Jesus Baños Garcia 28 years.

The the department headed by Ernestina Godoy has promised to clarify the causes of the tragedy and that those responsible will be brought to justice, because there were also 79 users and injured users.

“Our commitment is to have, as soon as possible, a scientifically and legally supported explanation of the unfortunate events of yesterday and give a guarantee to citizens that the truth will be reached and that justice will be done, that information will not be hidden and that no one will be hidden», He stressed.

Regarding the care of victims, cells made up of legal advisers, social workers and psychologists have been deployed. The above, in order to emotionally heal family members and the injured, as well as medical or funeral procedures.

“The identification of the deceased and hospitalized is carried out, so that the information is constantly updated to make it known to relatives and the general public.”

To continue the investigations, the prosecutor’s office in the capital explained: structural analysis and expertise, where the support of surveying engineers, civil and structural, specialized in steels; geologists subsidence specialists to develop geotechnical studies, ground Mecanic, structural calculation and resistance of materials.

While In the administrative field, work and supervision contracts will be studied, as well as maintenance logs, the construction company and the supervisor, and requesting information from all responsible areas, in addition to the calculation and final damage assessment.

By applying the disaster protocol, the prosecution has the opportunity to reduce the time and expedite the delivery of bodies to the bereaved without the need for an autopsy.

“In the expert work, colleges and professional associations have united, as well as educational institutions, such as the National Polytechnic Institute, which, in addition to its academic staff, offers us high-tech instruments for the analysis of the accident “report.

Myriam Urzúa Venegas, Secretary of Global Risk Management and Civil Protection, told a conference that of the 24 people who happened, 21 dead at the scene and three in hospital. More, of the 79 people hospitalized, 15 have always stayed in hospitals public in the capital until 1:00 p.m. on May 4 and 12 others were in federal hospitals.

Claudia Sheinbaum, head of government of the capital, reported that the firm specializing in metros in the world which will be the in charge of taking the expertise external will be the Norwegian TNB, business different from that made by the expertise on the fire last January in one of the metro sub-stations.

On Tuesday at around 0.5:30 a.m., maneuvers began to remove the wagons with two cranes from the Cargo company and three hours later, between 8:25 a.m., the first module of the train was removed, while at 13 h 10. the other part has been dismantled, both for the transfer to the workshops of the transport system where they will be inspected in collaboration with the ministerial authorities.

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