The Mexico City Attorney General’s Office (FGJ) reported on the arrest of the subway driver who caused the accident that caused the death of an 18-year-old girl and left a hundred injured on January 7, on charges of homicide.
In a press conference, the spokesman for the Prosecutor’s Office, Ulises Lara, offered details about the case and said that the deadly crash between two subway line 3 trains was due to the negligent driving of Carlos Alfredo “N”, who had speeding, as well as cutting and burning power lines.
Lara stressed that these were the reasons that caused the accident and the consequent death of the young woman, for which the institution initiated an investigation folder and the alleged perpetrator was arrested for crimes of homicide and injuries.
“Because of the above, the arrest warrant was completed for the possible commission of the crimes of manslaughter and injuries,” Lara said on Friday night.
According to the investigations, Alfredo “N” did not adhere to the technical guidelines, since he exceeded the speed limit in manual piloting, which later changed to automatic piloting, something that they assure, he would not have communicated with the central control post, and nor did he perform any maneuver to stop the train.
As for the cutting and burning of cables at the Potrero station, notified one day before the accident, he considered it an “intentional” act.
“We formulate an accusation against Alfredo “N”, for his possible participation in the crimes of homicide and injuries, both guilty, which occurred on January 7 on Line 3 of the CDMX Metro. The hearing will resume later, the defense requested the duplicity of the constitutional term, “said the Mexican Prosecutor’s Office at dawn this Saturday.
The events occurred on January 7, when the impact of two subway trains caused one death and 106 injuries among Mexicans who used this means of public transportation.
After that, multiple events have occurred in the capital’s subway this month, such as the separation of two carriages or multiple cuts in services due to events that the head of the Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, declared acts of “sabotage”.
For this reason, Sheinbaum asked the Mexican government to deploy 6,000 troops from the militarized National Guard, to patrol the platforms and wagons of the capital’s subway. However, many users have shown their discontent with this measure.