Saturday, 25 February 2012

Argentines discover 51st victim in train wreck

February 25

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentine rescue workers found another body Friday in the wreck of a train that crashed two days earlier, raising the death toll to 51. Supporters of the victim's devastated family vented their fury over failed government oversight at riot police. The search for 20-year-old Lucas Menghini Rey, whose body was missed in the chaotic response to Wednesday's crash, focused widespread anger at the government's failure to protect passengers from long-known safety threats in the train system. His identification was confirmed by sources investigating the crash, Argentina's state-owned Telam news agency and official Channel 7 reported. Family and friends collapsed together in tears at the news, while others keeping vigil at the station erupted in anger. Some shouted "throw them all out, not one should remain!" The phrase became iconic during the protests of a decade ago, when public outrage over a failed economy forced...

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