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Tragedy in subway train in Mexico City


The night of may 3, 2021 is going to be remembered due a tragedy in Mexico, a structure of the subway train collapsed and left tens of injured people and the firsts official reporsts speak at least 15 deaths.


There are not so much information about the case until the moment, but three years ago, the newspaper El Universal reported the neighbors were afraid about the structure, because it had several damage. 

In that moment, the citizens said they were afraid of the structure could collapse and fall down.  Well, this night, it happened.






Below is the link to the El Universal's article:

https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/sociedad/vecinos-de-tlahuac-temen-que-colapse-l12


And this is the video:


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