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Puerto Vallarta earthquake and tsunami system fails test due to theft

Testing of the earthquake and tsunami warning network in Puerto Vallarta has failed once again, due to the constant theft of infrastructure.

This week's earthquake and tsunami drills exposed the problem, according to Luis Arturo García Pulido, regional commander of Civil Protection of the State of Jalisco.

At 11:00 o'clock in the morning on September 19, the nationwide test was carried out, however, when the warnings were triggered, the system located on the Cuale River bridge, in the downtown Puerto Vallarta, didn't respond and needed to be operated manually by Civil Protection personnel of the . . .

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