{"id":122049,"date":"2021-05-09T15:05:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T07:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=122049"},"modified":"2021-05-09T15:05:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T07:05:25","slug":"mexico-city-to-pay-damages-to-victims-of-deadly-metro-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=122049","title":{"rendered":"Mexico City to pay damages to victims of deadly metro accident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.wionews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_page\/public\/2021\/05\/05\/193852-untitled-design-6.jpg?itok=JN1iCoic\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MEXICO CITY, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Mexico City will pay the equivalent of US$2,000 to the families of 26 people killed when an elevated metro line collapsed, city hall&#8217;s official gazette said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around US$500 will be paid to the approximately 80 people injured in the accident, the publication added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cash is meant as short term compensation to help cover food, transportation and other expenses, the gazette said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It did not specify if more in damages will be paid to the families or this disbursement is definitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demands for justice have mounted as relatives have buried the victims of Monday&#8217;s disaster, when a section of elevated track collapsed, bringing a train crashing down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That metro line is the city&#8217;s newest and has been plagued by problems since it opened in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of protesters gathered in the city Friday as blame focused on two proteges of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum faces questions about whether the metro network has been properly maintained since she took office in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her predecessor and current Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard oversaw the development and inauguration of the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lopez Obrador has promised an in-depth investigation, while urging people not to speculate about who is to blame. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEXICO CITY, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Mexico City will pay the equivalent of US$2,000 to the families of 26 people killed when an elevated metro line collapsed, city hall&#8217;s official gazette said. Around US$500 will be paid to the approximately 80 people injured in the accident, the publication added. The cash is meant as short [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122049"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}