By KELIN DILLON On Monday, Aug. 29, the families of 10 Mexican miners – who have been trapped inside a flooded mine in Sabinas, Coahuila, without outside contact since Aug. 3 – accepted the Mexican government’s proposal to recover their relatives’ bodies though an up to 11-month-long excavation process and essentially accepting the miners’ lives as already lost. The National
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO At least 10 people remained trapped as the result of a landslide at the Las Conchas mine, located in Sabinas, in the carboniferous region of the Mexican state of Coahuila on Wednesday, Aug. 3, authorities reported. The collapse occurred in one of the shafts of a coal pit when the miners were working. After the collapse, the
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By KELIN DILLON On Monday, Oct. 18, Mexico City’s Office of the Attorney General (FGJ) filed a formal complaint for wrongful death with the Superior Court of Justice (TSJCDMX) against 10 former public officials tied to the May 3 collapse of capital’s Line 12 metro, all who served under current Secretary of Foreign Relations and former Mexico City Mayor at
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico City Attorney General (FGJ-CDMX) Ernestina Godoy Ramos issued a report on Thursday, Oct. 14, on the results of the investigation of the May 3 collapse in a section of Line 12 of the capital’s Metro system, stating that the accident was due to construction errors. Speaking at a press conference, Godoy Ramos said
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A massive landslide Tlalnepantla, in the central Mexican State of Mexico (Edoméx) near the capital, on Friday, Sept. 10, left at least 1 person dead and 10 missing. The landslide was caused when tons of giant boulders began to slide down a steep hillside, possibly triggered by heavy rains and a 7.1.magnitude earthquake earlier
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By KELIN DILLON The tragic collapse of Mexico’s Line 12 metro on May 3, which left 26 dead, was related to vital failures in the structure’s construction, said a preliminary report released by the independent Norwegian investigative authority DNV. The Norwegian experts interviewed Mexican metro personnel including directors, coordinators, train operators and institutional security personnel to compile its comprehensive report.
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