Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Fly tonight 11 'Topos' to Japan

The first group of Mexican rescuers called 'Topos' leave on Monday night heading to Japan to assist in the rescue efforts taking place in that nation, affected by an earthquake last Friday. The first group of members of the Tlatelolco International Rescue Brigade is composed of 11 persons, who will depart at 19:45 hours on a direct flight from the International Airport of Mexico City.

The 'Gophers' group will support a dog and equipment for work among the debris in that country, and nine other depart Tuesday. The leader of this brigade, Hector Mendez, reported that it took the necessary precautions against possible contamination by radiation and radioactivity sensors were acquired air to determine the best places to work.

On Friday March 11th in Japan, an earthquake of 9.0 magnitude on the Richter scale, causing damage to the Fukushima nuclear plant and for which they were displaced persons who were in a radius of 20 kilometers around these facilities .

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