MEXICO CITY: Mexico City’s attorney general said on Thursday (Oct 14) she will press charges of homicide, personal injury and property damage against people and companies linked to the collapse of a section of a metro line in the capital that left 26 dead in May.
“This attorney general’s office has the elements to press charges against a series of companies and persons who were in charge of ensuring that the causes of the collapse did not arise,” said prosecutor Ernestina Godoy in her final report on the accident that also left about 80 people injured.
The charges will be formalised shortly in hearings before local judicial authorities, which will then notify and summon those charged, Godoy said.
She pointed out, however, that her office has encouraged cases against companies to be channeled through “reparation agreements” with the victims’ families under the understanding that the process “can offer better options to accelerate comprehensive reparation” for the injured parties.
Godoy pointed out that some companies that participated in the construction of Line 12 of the Mexico City metro have “from the outset” shown interest in mitigating and making reparations for the impact of the collapse.
For all the latest world News Click Here
