Mexico City took ownership on Tuesday of a lot where a seven-story office building collapsed in September’s deadly earthquake, clearing the way for a planned park memorializing victims of the disaster. In all, the magnitude 7.1 quake killed 228 people in Mexico City and 141 in nearby states. Also Tuesday, authorities announced that the legal representative of a construction company was arrested in connection with another building that partially collapsed in the earthquake, killing two women. The Mexico City prosecutor’s office said in a statement that the unidentified 48-year-old man was detained in the neighbouring State of Mexico. The newspaper El Universal reported that the suspect allegedly secured permits for construction of the building at 56 Zapata St., in the Benito Juarez borough.

Source: National Post March 13, 2018 23:15 UTC