Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mexico City: criminal charges brought in subway collapse

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City prosecutors announced Thursday they will bring criminal charges shortly against “several people and companies” for construction and design defects that caused an elevated subway line to collapse in May, killing 26 people.

Ernestina Godoy, the city attorney general, said studies found that constuction defects like poor welds and missing connection studs caused the collapse. She said bad design also played a role.

Godoy did not identfy those who will face charges of homicide, causing injury and damages.

But in the case of the companies involved, Godoy said the . . .

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