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A 32-year wait for new homes after Mexico's 1985 quake

Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 01:25

Reuters photographer Carlos Jasso documents hundreds of families who lost their Mexico City homes in the deadly 1985 earthquake and are still living in subpar conditions at ‘Camp No. 3’ as they wait for promised government-subsidized homes. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

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ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) Hundreds of families who lost their homes in an earthquake 32 years ago are living in deplorable conditions, with children and grandchildren born during the interminable wait for promised government-subsidized homes. The 1985 earthquake was a defining moment for the Mexican capital. The death toll is still disputed, but at least 5,000 were killed. Some say many more died. Three decades on, hundreds of its victims are still living in hovels in encampments across the sprawling city of 20 million and now the latest quake has made thousands more people homeless.

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A 32-year wait for new homes after Mexico's 1985 quake

Thursday, October 26, 2017 - 01:25