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WORLD NEWSWednesday 7 October 2015
Guatemala to investigate for those responsible for mudslide
S. PEREZ D. A man prays during the burial of five mudslide victims at the Santa Catarina Pinula cemetery on any information on relo-
K. CORCORAN the outskirts of Guatemala City, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. Prosecutors in Guatemala said Tuesday cation, but had been told
Associated Press they have opened an investigation into who allowed homes to be built in an unsafe area of that it’s coming.
SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Cambray where a massive mudslide killed more than 100 people. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) “There were slides, but just
Guatemala (AP) — The pieces,” said Marco Anto-
warning signs were ev- The Guatemala prosecu- area, and whether some- mission, whether anything nio Pu, 17, now in a shelter
erywhere in the canyon tor’s office announced it one didn’t take appropri- was done, who had juris- with his family after losing
neighborhood of Cambray will conduct an investiga- ate action to avoid this diction over the area and their home built the year
on the outskirts of Guate- tion into who was respon- tragedy,” said prosecutor who was collecting the he was born. “But we nev-
mala City, where a mud- sible for allowing the dan- Rotman Perez of the politi- taxes. er imagined one like this.”
slide buried hundreds of gerous conditions to exist. cal crimes section. About 250 people re- Human rights prosecutor
people last week. “We will establish the de- Perez said all aspects are mained in two municipal Jorge de Leon Duque said
Residents lived with regular gree of responsibility as under investigation, includ- shelters barred from return- he is calling for munici-
falling rocks and flooding best we can — who autho- ing who was given the re- ing to their homes. They pal authorities to remove
from the adjacent Pinula rized construction in that port from the disaster com- said they hadn’t received 50 other families still in the
River. Evelyn de Cifuen- area. He said if it’s not
tes said her mother-in-law done, he will seek a court
was killed in a smaller slide order.
in 2010 next to her own He said similar danger-
house. A November report ous conditions exist all
by Guatemala’s National over Guatemala. The di-
Disaster Reduction Com- saster commission, known
mission said there were as Conred, says there are
“fractures in blocks of ma- 8,000 threatened loca-
terial that can indicate tions.
future slides,” and people “We have a huge risk that
should be moved out. this could happen again,”
But the area wasn’t de- de Leon said. “You can’t
clared uninhabitable until authorize homes in areas
Monday, four days after with dangerous condi-
hundreds of people almost tions.”
certainly perished when a Conred issued at least two
hillside buried acres of the other reports, in 2001 and
neighborhood. The official 2008, identifying Cambray
death count stood at 161 as high risk, commission
Tuesday, with 300 people spokesman David de Leon
still believed to be missing. said.q
Mexico City investigates reports of dog poisoning at park
C. SHERMAN usually play was empty Javier Hidalgo, director out Friday night walking den there are so many ill
Associated Press and unusually silent. of the environmental and their three dogs. dogs,” Owen said. She said
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Smaller paper signs posted mobility department for She said they were vigi- she had heard of similar
popular dog run in a pic- throughout the park by the the local government, said lant and kept the dogs on cases at nearby Parque
turesque Mexico City park local government advised 12 dogs had died in veteri- leashes while limiting the Espana as well. Informa-
remained closed Tuesday dog owners to keep their nary clinics with symptoms walk to the park’s perim- tion spread rapidly on so-
following reported cases of pets on leashes while an in- that could indicate poison- eter. But at 3 a.m., they cial media. The Facebook
dog poisoning. vestigation into the poison- ing and officials received awoke to find Daisy con- page “Cuidando Nuestros
Orange tape surrounded ing continued. reports of six other suspi- vulsing and foaming at the Perritos,” or “Taking Care of
the fenced-off dog area at Several police officers cious deaths. mouth. The other two dogs Our Dogs,” posted photos
Parque Mexico in the well- standing outside the dog One of those was “Daisy,” showed no symptoms. of pets and testimonials by
to-do Condesa neighbor- run said they did not know described as a “mutt of Owen had her dead pet’s distraught owners. Alberto
hood in the central part of when it would reopen. One the best sort” by her owner, body frozen and it is under- Franco Paz, who lives in
the capital. Large banners sign posted by a Facebook Caroline Owen. Owen said going toxicology tests at the neighboring Escandon
hung on the fence warning group on the gate had she and her husband were a lab at Mexico’s national neighborhood, sat outside
of a “Red Alert” that dogs photos of nine dogs that aware of reports about university. the dog run with his yellow
are being poisoned. The it said had been poisoned poisoning around Parque “It can’t be a coinci- Labrador retriever Jackie
shady area where dogs since Sept. 29. Mexico when they were dence that all of a sud- on Tuesday.q
