Stay updated with breaking news from Alfonso Su. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
For Indigenous women in the Amazon, the wetland of Lake Tarapoto is a living classroom. The women consider it not just a home for the fish they rely on to feed their families, but also a repository of Indigenous history and culture. It is the place that fertilizes all life in their territory, says Lilia […]
“There are unfortunately children among the dead,” Sheinbaum said, without specifying how many. , The overpass was about 5 meters (16 feet) above the road in the southside borough of Tlahuac, but the train ran above a concrete median strip, which apparently lessened the casualties among motorists on the roadway below. “A support beam gave way,” Sheinbaum said, adding that the beam collapsed just as the train passed over it. Rescue efforts were briefly interrupted at midnight because the partially dangling train was “very weak.” "We don’t know if they are alive,” Sheinbaum sa...
MEXICO CITY — An elevated section of the Mexico City metro collapsed and sent a subway car plunging toward a busy boulevard late Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring about 70, city officials said. A crane was working to hold up one subway car left dangling on the collapsed section so that emergency workers could enter to check the car to see if anyone was still trapped. Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said 49 of the injured were hospitalized, and that seven were in serious condition and undergoing surgery. Sheinbaum said a motorist had been pulled alive from a car that was trapped on th...
Mexico City metro overpass collapses, killing at least 20 and injuring 70, authorities say; rescue efforts ongoing Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY © Jose Ruiz, AP Images Mexico City firefights and rescue personnel are pictured recovering victims after an overpass in Mexico City’s metro collapsed onto a road Monday night. At least 20 people were killed and about 70 more were injured when a metro overpass in Mexico City collapsed onto a road sending a subway car plunging toward a busy street Monday night, authorities said. The accident, which happened near 10:30 p.m. local t...
USA TODAY At least 20 people were killed and about 70 more were injured when a metro overpass in Mexico City collapsed onto a road sending a subway car plunging toward a busy street Monday night, authorities said. The accident, which happened near 10:30 p.m. local time, trapped cars under rubble and passengers in train cars hanging mid-air, video on social media and Mexico television showed. Emergency crews worked to recover those passengers. A crane was working to hold up one subway car left dangling on the collapsed section so that emergency workers could enter to check the car to see i...