Crashes on Mexico City's neglected subway kill dozens. The mayor's answer? Send in troops
MEXICO CITY — Luis Rodríguez spends three hours on the subway most days traveling between his home on the northern edge of Mexico City and his university 25 miles south.
It's a long commute for the 21-year-old student. His mother hates every minute of it.
Like the rest of the country, she's watched as the aging subway system here has been crippled by deadly accidents, including a collapse in 2021 that killed 26 people and a collision this month that left an 18-year-old student dead.
"She tells me to be very safe, but the truth is, it's out of our hands," Rodríguez said as he steadied himself on a shuttering subway car on a recent morning. "It's not up to me whether this line collapses. We're all vulnerable here."
The inauguration of the Mexico City
