A large quantity of explosives, presumably for work on the Tren Maya project, was discovered on Tuesday, December 17, in a home in buildings B and C on Chicozapote Avenue, in the Puerto Aventuras mayor’s office.
For this reason, some 25 families were evicted while they were securing, removing, and safeguarding the material that put the inhabitants at risk. This is the place where 8 days ago a Tren Maya worker committed suicide.
The residents described the event as irresponsible on the part of those in charge of the Tren Maya, which required the call of emergency bodies and local media reported that for the first time in Solidaridad, there was a “red code” in the Secretariat of Civil Protection, Risk Prevention and Firefighters.
The situation generated the intervention of elements of the municipal police, the Mexican Army, and the National Guard, who evacuated several families from the area to avoid any risk.
The neighbors indicated that the mother of the deceased young man had alerted agents from the Quintana Roo State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) about the existence of the explosives.
It involves approximately 300 kilos of dynamite stored in a 200-liter drum, along with detonators and cables, material commonly used to open breaches in railway works.
However, the authorities initially ignored the warning during the removal of the body.
It was not until eight days after the family tragedy that the woman returned to the home and observed that the explosives were still there.
Given the inaction of the FGE Quintana Roo authorities, the woman requested help from a Municipal Police patrol.
The agents cordoned off the area and, with the support of Civil Protection and Firefighters, proceeded to remove the explosive material while alarmed neighbors documented the situation on social networks to demand an immediate response from the authorities.
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