Rodrigo Asael Quintanamunicipal assistant of the town of Amatitlán, rejected the accusations once morest him regarding his responsibility in the collapse of the suspension bridge of the Paseo Ribereño de Cuernavaca on June 7.
“It would be unfortunate if the responsibility for this failure were to be fined to the passers-by or users that we were crossing, even when we were jumping or playing on the bridge or for having decided to cross many people at the same time,” Quintana said in a statement published a day following the incident that left 13 people seriously injured.
A video of the exact moment in which a group of people, including the municipal president of Cuernavaca, went viral on social networks. Jose Luis Uriostegui Salgado, and his wife Luz María Zagal, crosses the bridge and it collapses. In the images, Quintana is seen jumping and hanging from the ropes when the others fall into the void.
In the letter, he justified that there was more than one person jumping at the moment when people cross and the bridge falls.
“To all those who without knowledge of how things happened and who judged the facts without even any authority having ruled on the matter, I inform you that the undersigned attended this event accompanied by my youngest sonand would never endanger the life of the same, “he assured.
He said that the opinions once morest him are unfounded and therefore subjective, and in any case he considers that the competent authorities should determine the administrative, civil or criminal liability, following the intervention of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.
In a statement, the city council announced that the Municipal Comptroller will carry out an investigation to determine if there are administrative responsibilities, regardless of the inquiries that have already begun. General Prosecutor’s Office and the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.
