Relatives of Mexico metro crash victims demand justice

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Demands for justice mounted Thursday as relatives buried the victims of Mexico City's metro disaster, accusing the authorities of negligence that ...

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'It was not an accident, it was negligence' reads the sign at the site of metro line crash in Mexico City AFP/CLAUDIO CRUZMEXICO CITY: Demands for justice mounted on Thursday as relatives buried the victims of Mexico City's metro disaster, accusing the authorities of negligence that cost the lives of 25 people.

"We were not the only ones affected. Other people also lost their relatives. Many people are injured," he said. The metro line which partially collapsed, the city's newest, has been plagued by a series of problems since it was inaugurated in 2012. The employers' association Coparmex has also suggested that the accident was linked to public spending reductions -- a claim that the president has strongly denied.

"Given the pandemic, there was a reduction associated with the fall in its own income," said Sheinbaum, a close ally of Lopez Obrador.The accident comes just a month before June 6 midterm legislative elections in which Lopez Obrador's party aims to retain control of the lower house of Congress.

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