Two days after the death of two sisters when they fell into a sewer in the Iztacalco mayor’s office, the head of Government, Claudia Sheinbaum, reported that she will investigate whether there was omission or negligence in the report of the theft of the manhole cover.
He explained that he instructed the Comptroller’s Office of the capital to investigate whether there were reports in this case and if there was any omission or internal negligence.
He added that both the Secretary of Security and the director of the Command, Control, Computing, Communications and Citizen Contact Center (C5) will provide evidence to the capital prosecutor’s office for the investigation of the theft of the manhole cover.
I deeply regret the painful death of sisters Sofia and Esmeralda in the vicinity of the Rio de la Piedad Viaduct. Since yesterday I instructed the director of @CEAVI_CDMX and the general director of the DIF. (1/5)
— Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum (@Claudiashein) November 12, 2022
Meanwhile, the Water System and the Secretariats of Works and Integral Risk Management will review all immediate attention protocols.
Sisters die when they fall into a strainer
On Thursday night, Sofia and Esmeralda, two sisters aged 16 and 23, drowned on Thursday night, after falling into a drainage drain without a lid, on Viaducto Río Consulado Avenue, in the Iztacalco mayor’s office.
The young women were walking through the area of the Palacio de los Deportes to a concert, when they fell into a strainer; Their father, who accompanied them, as well as passers-by tried to help them out, but could not save them.
“If I had known, I won’t buy the ticket”: mother
One of the young women fell into the hole, at least three meters deep, and hit her head, according to the first versions of the facts.
According to El Pais, the other sister tried to help her, but the lack of oxygen from the gases inside the sewer and the sewage from the bottom killed them.
“If I knew, I won’t buy them the ticket… They are my two daughters, the only ones I have,” her mother said upon arriving at the scene.
The group Zoé, to whom the sisters would come to listen, performed a tribute for the young women in their second concert.
Before starting the show, they asked for a moment of silence, sent their condolences to the family, demanded that the authorities take charge of the accident and dedicated the concert to Sofia and Esmeralda.
Coladera had a year without a cover: testimonials
According to testimony from people who work in the area, the strainer had about a year without lids.
They point out, according to NMás, that the report had been made that the sewer was without covers and the lack of lighting. “That tragedy that happened could have been avoided,” they said.
A strainer without a lid and the lack of lighting caused two sisters who were going to a concert at the Palacio de los Deportes, to die when they fell into a sewer, in the CDMX. #EnPunto with @JLANoticias #DecideInformado | Follow him on https://t.co/JpgbIc6wBv pic.twitter.com/UojeSeppKl
— NMore (@nmas) November 12, 2022
The mayor’s office of Iztacalco, where the incident occurred, warned that the theft of drains is constant and that, even, the mayor’s office now changes them for plastic ones to prevent their theft.
He indicated that the businesses of the mayor’s office that buy iron will be reviewed and in case strainers and public real estate are found, judicial measures will be taken because “it is a strong crime, which costs lives, to remove a drain and go to sell it.”
According to the head of government, an average of eight manhole covers and other accessories are replaced daily, which occur mainly due to theft.
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