Saturday, January 29, 2011

Bolivia .- Experts from Mexico, Chile and Peru come to the rescue of those buried in Bolivia

LA PAZ, 28 groups of experts from Mexico, Peru and Chile, have come this Friday to rescue people who were buried under the debris of Málaga city of Santa Cruz (east of Bolivia) from Monday night , as confirmed by the authorities. These rescue groups are known as "mole" for his ability to rescue people who have been buried in the most inaccessible places.

In this regard, a group of 14 Mexican firefighters and two dogs came to town Friday to proceed with the work of rescue. The Government Minister Sacha Llorenti, found on the scene to coordinate rescue efforts with the authorities of the governor and mayor of Santa Cruz. Llorenti said that they are specialists who participated in countless rescue work, the state agency ABI reported.

The Mexicans have come to support equipment that will be used to remove the debris and reach the place where they expected to have survived. Other amenities include high-tech equipment to capture images and sounds to locate survivors. Bolivian group will be joined by support from rescue groups in Chile, Peru and Argentina in response to the request for international support that made the president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, to save people who have been trapped and could be found alive.

Morales announced that his Government would "provide support and assistance to widows and orphans of victims of the collapse of a building, who died under the rubble." According to information from the Consulate of Chile in La Paz, Bolivia sent experts had participated in the rescue of those affected by the earthquake in Haiti and the 33 mine workers in San Jose.

For its part, Argentina sent a rescue group known as "white helmets" to join the task, along with firefighters from Arequipa Peru (south). Some 300 workers from relief agencies, police, firefighters and even military are in the area since Monday to rescue people who may still be under the rubble.

The head of emergency operations of the governor of Santa Cruz, Guillermo Saucedo said should be about 400 people involved in the work along with other thousands who arrive on the scene with food and other products to assist rescuers work tirelessly. The tragedy has claimed the lives of 8 people who were inside the nine-storey building while 9 are injured.

It has been confirmed that remain under tons of concrete and steel construction engineer Armando Rivera, the architect Marcelo Niño de Guzman and the foremen and workers Carlos Pérez, Miguel Rojas, Fawn Silver, Johnny Eguez, Urzagasti and Jesus Ruben Casanova.

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