Relatives of the victims of the accident on Metro Line 12 They have filed a lawsuit for moral damage against the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), National Action Party (PAN) and the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), this considering that political figures They have used this tragedy for electoral purposes.
“Direct and indirect victims of the collapse of the elevated section between the Olivos and Tezonco stations of Metro Line 12, we make a strong call to avoid the use of this tragic event for political and electoral purposes,” they point out in a letter.
“We were forced to establish a legal strategy so that the tragedy of the Metro Line 12our names and our stories cannot be used by figures in the political life of our country who only seek to obtain votes,” he mentions.
For his part, Alfonso Guatirrojo, defense attorney, explained that said political parties They have abused this tragedy and this action only violates the rights of families.
“It is against the political parties PRI, PAN, PRD, the coalition, for moral damage, the abusive use they make of propaganda, advertising, communication, of the event of (…) Line 12 and above all with an exclusive purpose of removing electoral political benefit, to the detriment of the dignity and rights of those affected,” this is how he explained it in an interview with Radio Formula.
In the same letter, the families of the victims of Metro Line 12 They demand that they not be mentioned in any rally, spot or political debate. They do not even provide consent for the use of images or videos of the case.
“In this forceful way we demand that all politicians stop dehumanizingly using our pain to try to get votes,” the letter mentions.
What other problems have occurred on Metro Line 12?
During the month of March, a convoy of Metro Line 12 He was covered in cement when he was driving between the Eje Central and Parque de los Venados stations.
“After a while, don’t say that you weren’t warned or notified,” the @viral_metro account published in a video in which people are taken aboard the affected cars.
In response, Guillermo Calderón, director of the Meterexplained that the accident was caused by works related to the construction of apartments.
“I am outside the Eje Central and Parque de los Venados interstation on Line 12, where a company that carries out works for the construction of apartments drilled the tunnel and caused a leak. We continue to report,” she reported on her X account (formerly Twitter).
Calderón added that the Secretariat of Comprehensive Risk Management and Civil Protection (SGIRPC) closed the work in question while the investigations are carried out.
The manager added that the Line 12 service was not interrupted and that “the circulation and passage of trains” is safe.
Martí Batres, head of Government, pointed out that the incident has its origin in a work authorized by the Benito Juárez mayor’s office, “whose perforation of the ground reached the Metro tunnel. It is another consequence of the corruption of the real estate cartel”.
