Rescue co-ordination termed a disaster FINAL Edition

There are actually two relief and rescue plans. One, restricted to Mexico City, where most of the damage occurred, is administered by Mayor Ramon Aguirre Velazquez. The other, which focuses on the four states affected by the earthquake, is co-ordinated by Interior Minister Manuel Bartlett Diaz, who...

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Published inThe Ottawa citizen (1986)
Main Author By Patrick Oster Knight-Ridder
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ottawa, Ont Postmedia Network Inc 25.09.1985
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MEXICO CITY
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Summary:There are actually two relief and rescue plans. One, restricted to Mexico City, where most of the damage occurred, is administered by Mayor Ramon Aguirre Velazquez. The other, which focuses on the four states affected by the earthquake, is co-ordinated by Interior Minister Manuel Bartlett Diaz, who also heads a newly-formed National Emergency Commission, which is assessing the magnitude of the damage and what to do about it. There also is a 14-member Interministry Committee, which co-ordinates the city and state rescue and relief plans. Aguirre is the chairman when it meets in the Green Room of the Interior Ministry's headquarters on Bucarelli Street. But there is no schedule for such meetings. International volunteers, many of them doctors, rescue experts or heavy-equipment operators, have had difficulty in finding the right official to give them marching orders. Most have resorted to using their embassies as liaisons with the Mexican government. But even embassy officials have had trouble fathoming the hierarchy of the rescue effort.
ISSN:0839-3214