Chronicle from the Mountain II . Showers and oblivion. Jaime García Leyva . ( 20/9/13 ) . Why the authorities did not provide information in time? What was the contingency plan they had? Or did not have ? Was there negligence ? Who corresponded ? Report? Why is not shared to the public about the magnitude of the hurricane ? Who hid the information? ... As the days go by they become more visible damage and human and material damage . most of the state of Guerrero is located in disaster situation. While the authorities show a stage located in urban areas , residents of other regions such as the Sierra , the Costa Grande, Tierra Caliente and the Mountain are invisible. In some places the authorities are exceeded and the rescue organization and work organization are citizens , housewives , students, men and women with a steely spirit to rescue their peers and help . Inclement a society have called Guerrero to the solidarity and support each other. Efforts are large ... The Mountain of Guerrero has always been an area of humanitarian risk . The living conditions of the population have been in a position of social inequity . In the communities of the upper fall to inform people . They come with fatigue , exhausted , with hopes, with muddy clothes . Inform and cry . The greatest need is help to open the roads , bring water and food. The stories tell of women who were left alone with no food or medicines , cold and without their homes . The stories intersect. Complaints are constant. No presence of the authorities. Some come from as far away and in the bowels of the Sierra Madre del Sur . They come from Two Rivers to Metlatónoc and reach Tlapa on a journey of almost 12 hours away. From Tlacoapa to Tlapa is 8 hours. And so in other populations. The efforts are unprecedented . Anger , frustration , uncertainty, anger, pain , sadness .... The faces of the victims reflect despair , but also a lot of strength . Strength that comes from bad and pain, more pain, more heavy loads. Where are the politicians and authorities are always to take the photo at election time ? Several days why nobody comes ? . Silence. The lords of the Union Pears unsuccessfully seeking to authorities. The peak of this population largely slipped . A similar situation happened in Mount Atlamajalcingo where many houses have cracked . The existing machinery in the region does not cover the needs to rebuild roads and belong to private . Official data indicate 29 dead, 19 in Malinaltepec , 2 and 8 in Acatepec Tlapa . But there is no certainty . There are stocks for which nothing is known . By Zitlaltepec roads , San Lucas , San Marcos and other peoples no news of landslides and missing persons. Towards Acatepec , in the town of Escalerilla road is interrupted . The peoples of this part are inaccessible. In Zontecomapa the river took a shelter , school and houses as well as the crops . In Malinaltepec the victims of the Lucerne have naylos tarps and makeshift camps in the open and close of what was its population. The rain slid from the hills and fear have fled their homes. The road to Marquelia Tlapa is shattered . From Alacatlatzala interrupted. Towns like Mixteca , La Cienega , Spot Montero , Tapayoltepec , San Miguel , Xochiatenco , Tilapa , El Rincon, Totomixtlahuaca are isolated. The peoples of Copanatoyac as Ocotequila , Potoichan and others are in a situation of uncertainty . It is not known of the damage. The road is interrupted. The road has achieved Huamuxtitlán Tlapa to be opened again and passes slower trucks. In Alpoyeca irrigation hectares were devastated and pumps that provide water to the municipality . State officials have reacted late. Tlapa Yesterday there was a meeting of mayors in the region. These gave details of the situation. But citizen complaints are many. The victims criticize bureaucracy that are conducted . Call on them to fill in pieces of paper " to guarantee their support." The voices of criticism have begun to emerge indicating that the authorities only " come to take the picture." In addition to the conditions of social inequality that have historically prevailed in the region, racist relations of the authorities towards the population, now this natural disaster increases the pain and the situation in which people dwell . The Mountain continues into oblivion ...
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:10:45 +0000
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