2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15
The earthquake that shook central Mexico on Tuesday afternoon has already left its first victims. The governors of the states of Morelos, Puebla and State of Mexico, as well as the president of the Mexican capital confirmed several deaths.
According to the Civil Protection report, 86 people lost their lives in the Mexican capital, 71 in Morelos, 43 in Puebla, 12 in the state of Mexico, 4 in Guerrero and 1 in Oaxaca.
"The truth felt very strong, people feel very scared," television producer Noemí Cadena, who lived through the earthquake in the historic center of Mexico City, exclusively told People en Español. "We are pending if there are aftershocks to run away," the journalist continued, assuring that collapses were reported in the heart of the capital and there were losses of electrical energy and water.
Sources in the state of Puebla cited at least five collapsed buildings in the pre-Hispanic city of Cholula and local media indicated that so far there are 5 victims in the entity, according to reports from The Guardian. The entity's governor, Tony Gali, shared a tweet confirming that they had died from the quake, without indicating the number of fatalities.
Damage is also reported at the Benito Juárez International Airport in Mexico City, the air terminal where the President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto was scheduled to arrive and whose aircraft was diverted to another nearby airport.
According to reports from the Univisión network, the president canceled the trip he had planned to New York to participate in the annual United Nations summit.
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