At least 23 dead, dozens injured after Mexico City Metro overpass collapses
On Location: May 4, 2021 UP NEXT At least 23 people were killed and dozens more were injured after an overpass for the Mexico City Metro collapsed on Monday night, sending a subway car full of passengers plunging toward a bustling boulevard below. The collapse occurred at around 10:30 p.m. local time on Line 12, the newest of Mexico City s subway lines, which runs underground through more central areas of Mexico s densely populated capital but then emerges onto elevated structures along the outskirts. A support beam gave way just as the train passed over it in the southern borough of Tlahuac, according to Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum.
At least 23 dead, dozens injured after Mexico City Metro overpass collapses
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Mexico City announces events to celebrate fall of Tenochtitlán Mexico-Tenochtitlán, Seven Centuries of History will begin March 21
Published on Thursday, March 11, 2021
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Mexico City authorities have announced a series of cultural events to take place throughout the year to mark the 500th anniversary of the fall of Tenochtitlán, capital of the Aztec Empire, and the capital city’s founding by the Spanish.
The events will also celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mexico’s independence from Spain.
“According to historians, the foundation of Mexico-Tenochtitlán was in 1523, but that is not a fixed date,” said Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum. “Our city has a deeply rooted history of more than seven centuries …”