Miguel Ángel Córdova Córdova's family, alias
Angie
, gave him up for dead.
The face of the man, who sleeps under a bridge in the Olivos station where a section of the Mexico City subway collapsed, came out in the media and in that way his relatives identified him.
After his story went viral, his family asked for help to find the 36-year-old man who witnessed the tragedy.
Eusencio Córdova, the young man's alleged brother, assured Milenio Televisión that the Tabasco prosecutor's office
gave him and his family a body six years ago.
During all this time they left him for dead.
Córdova assured the aforementioned media that they had not known of his whereabouts since August
14, 2015.
Fifteen days after filing a complaint for his disappearance, the prosecution showed the family the body of someone who appeared to be him.
"He had the tattoo, the scar, he had all the characteristics, the only thing that couldn't be distinguished was his face," Cordova said.
Despite this, they buried him in a pantheon in Olcuatitán, in Nacajuca, Tabasco, where they originate from.
Knowing that
Angie is
still alive, the family was shaken yet at the same time relieved.
“
We gave him up for dead
, we were looking at the possibility of going to Mexico City to get him.
I found out that they showed him a photo of me and he doesn't recognize me, the only one he recognizes is my sister Cristina.
We do not want to force him to come, if he does not want to come, he will have his reasons, ”explained the brother.
[At least 26 dead and more than 75 injured in Mexico City after the collapse of an elevated track with subway cars]
The man also assured that
the prosecution asked him not to reveal what happened.
“Those from the prosecution contacted me and asked me not to give an interview anymore.
I am not going to present myself to the prosecution because the error was not made by us, the negligence was theirs, "he said.
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“We want to hug him, even for the last time,”
said his sister Juana María.
In addition to asking for legal advice to prevent the authorities from deciding what they did, the brothers say that all they want is for me to talk to their mother and say
"Mom, I'm fine."
The death toll from the subway collapse is 26. The last to lose her life was Araceli Linares Jiquez, a 52-year-old woman.
The head of Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum assured this Saturday that she will give an emergent support for the families of the deceased people of 50,000 pesos (about 2,500 dollars), 10,000 have already been granted, and the rest will be delivered from Monday .
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Likewise, the subway insurance will compensate relatives with 650,000 pesos ($ 32,650) to relatives, Sheinbaum added.
To the families of hospitalized people, the Government will give 10,000 support for transportation.
"Thanks for making me feel like I'm still alive"
“I live in a street condition, miss, and I always stay here under the bridge of Olivos or Tezonco”,
Angie
told
Ruido en la Red. “Yesterday I came to sell bottles, near the mines, and I came back for myself. blanket.
At 9:30 pm I was chatting with some friends.
It was more or less 10:00 pm when it was heard as if an iron thundered, ”the man explained.
Seeing the subway jump through the air, Angie
He says he was afraid of being crushed and much pain later for all the victims.
Miguel Ángel Córdova Córdova, witness to the accident in the Mexico City subway Noise on the Internet
"I came crying from the nopalera because there are people who did not say goodbye to their families because of an idiocy, sorry to say it like that, an idiocy of our authorities, who only seek to fill their pockets," he said, questioning the way in which it was built Line 12, which has a long documented history of failures and irregularities since its inauguration in 2012.
Córdova prefers to be called
Angie
because her name brings back bad memories of her childhood, according to what she told Ruido en la Red. She comes from a family of nine siblings, she recently lost her father, but she doesn't like to talk about her relationship with him " because it is very painful ”.
"Thank you for making me feel that I am still alive and am part of society,"
Angie
said
in the interview with the aforementioned medium.
With information from Millennium, from Noise on the Net and However.