They released a new video of the tragedy in the metro: the exact moment the trab starts to give way

New images taken by a camera from the command, control, IT, communication and contact center with the citizens of Mexico City (C5), revealed another angle of when the section of the metro line 12 structure collapsed on Monday night.

In the recording it is appreciated when one of the beams that supported the train, in the interval between the station of Tezonco and Olivos, in the direction of Tláhuac, began to deform with the passage of the convoy, until the last section – the last two wagons – it ends up giving way and falling on the middle and far left tracks of avenue Tláhuac.

This new perspective of the accident also allowed us to see the flash of light that caused the collapse of the high voltage cables as the elevated section fell. People across the avenue saw the lights go out and a black cloud of dust spread across the road.

The accident, caused by apparent poor execution or lack of maintenance, resulted in the deaths of 25 people.

The head of government of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, reported that the Norwegian company Det Norske Veritas (DNV) was chosen and will be in charge of carrying out the external expertise in order to find out what were the causes that caused the collapse of the structure.

Mexico City Attorney General’s Office (GF) reported that all the bodies of those who died during the events on Metro Collective Transportation System (STC) line 12 have already been identified and made available to their next of kin.

Metro line 12, which began to be built in July 2018 by a consortium of companies that won the public tender, it was always controversial. The proposal would be developed with 19,500 million, but it was agreed that it would be limited to 17.5 billion of pesos due to economic crisis who lived in the capital.

Inaugurated on October 30, 2012, the so-called “gold” line 12 has 20 stations and was the crown jewel of the capital’s metro, a transport system with more than 50 years of history and often labeled obsolete.

It cost around 27 billion pesos and was built by a consortium made up of the French company Alstom and the Mexican companies ICA and Carso. owned by tycoon Carlos Slim. The trains were designed and assembled by the Spanish CAF.

The Mexican Competitiveness Institute (IMCO) ranked it in 2014 as the most expensive public work to date in Mexico.

On the day of the inauguration, the Mexican magnate Slim appears smiling with the then mayor of the capital and now chancellor, Marcelo Ebrard; his successor at the seat of the city government, Miguel Angel Mancera; and the former president Felipe calderon (2006-2012).

However, the joy did not last long. In 2013, the service was canceled on weekends for the upgrade of the rails.

And the government of the capital suspended in March 2014 the service of 11 of the 20 stations of line 12 after encountering problems such as irregularities, high vibrations and road wear that endanger the safety of users.

In July 2015, the arrest of three people linked to the construction of line 12 was announced.

And they were looking for three more, one of them was Enrique Horcasitas, former director of the Metro project and wanted by Interpol, although he was subsequently protected by the courts.

And it wasn’t until the end of 2015 that the line fully reopened. “We will work very hard” to maintain the facility, said Mancera.

Ebrard visited Paris in 2015, alleging political pressure behind the controversial Line 12. Although he has never been charged or investigated.

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