Mexico City prepares criminal charges, urges settlements in probe of Metro collapse


  • World
  • Friday, 15 Oct 2021

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico City officials on Thursday said they were opening criminal cases against people and companies involved in building a stretch of Metro rail that collapsed, killing 26 people, and urged the firms to quickly come to settlement deals.

The accident occurred in May when an overpass and train carriage on Metro Line 12 plummeted onto a stream of cars in the southeast of the city.

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