Television channels broadcast breathless updates describing how the rescuers were inching closer to the cavity where Frida Sofía was buried alive. But on Thursday, hope turned to heartache – and then anger – as the story fell apart: there was no student named Frida Sofía; there was no girl trapped in the ruins of Enrique Rebsámen school. The revelation that there never was a Frida Sofía infuriated many Mexicans, who felt they’d been fed a false narrative of hope by press and public officials. Rescue workers were said to be feeding her milk down plastic tubes. “We already have extremely low levels of interpersonal and institutional trust,” said Rodolfo Soriano-Nuñez, a sociologist in Mexico City.

Source: The Guardian September 21, 2017 23:44 UTC