[D66] [JD: 115] [CDMX] Construction deficiencies caused Mexico City Metro collapse

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  Construction deficiencies caused Mexico City Metro collapse

By Jude Webber
4-5 minutes
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mexico city metro accident The accident was caused by 'structural faults
associated with deficiencies in the construction process,' says a
preliminary report.

The collapse of an elevated section of the Metro in Mexico City last
month that killed 26 was caused by a series of faults during
construction, according to the preliminary results of an independent
inquiry.

The findings could deal a blow to foreign minister and presidential
hopeful Marcelo Ebrard, who was the capital’s mayor when the line was
built, and Carlos Slim, Mexico’s richest man, whose Carso Infrastructure
and Construction company built the infrastructure.

Slim, one of the closest businesspeople to President López Obrador, is
also building part of the president’s flagship Maya Train in the Yucatán
peninsula.

According to the report from Norwegian group DNV, made public at a news
conference on Wednesday, the accident was caused by “structural faults
associated with deficiencies in the construction process.”


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