The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, committed to those affected by Hurricane Otis not to have a bitter Christmas and to get Acapulco back on its feet as soon as possible.
“Putting Acapulco on its feet, we are going to achieve it soon, very soon, because there is acting, quite a bit. It won’t take long, I have the dream, the ideal that we are going to turn into reality together, as is being done, that already at Christmas the families are going to be very happy in Acapulco, they are going to be as they deserve, very happy, that is the commitment, there won’t be a bitter christmas“he commented.
To fulfill his commitment to those affected in the state of Guerrero, the Mexican president announced that it will be this Wednesday, November 1, that a comprehensive support plan will be announced in the presence of all the heads of the Mexican government agencies.
“Tomorrow the measures that are being applied in an initial phase will be announcedwhich is to restore basic services, guarantee security, support with food, water, and now comes all the support in resources for families, what will be given as support to victims and all the measures to begin rehabilitation ”, he assured.
From his morning conference at the National Palace, ordered to advance financial support to families and small businesses that have already been registered by the 2,000 “Servants of the Nation”. The resources, he said, will begin to be distributed in Acapulco and surrounding areas starting this Wednesday, November 1.
“We already have to have a cut today so that tomorrow we can start deliver support directly to people, which has to do with housing and support for small businesses, the people who are looking for a life on the street as best they can and who lost their palapas and their inns and all their economic activities, their small businesses. Let’s prepare for that, if they already have 30 thousand, think that from tomorrow we can begin to deliver the supports directly and continue with the census, the same with advancing the welfare supports with the Welfare Bank, they have already informed me that they are rehabilitating the two banks in Acapulco, the Banco del Bienestar, and also directly to carry out the payments that rightfully correspond to the people and go ahead, it is good that there are already 2,000 who are helping,” he specified.
The head of the Mexican executive also commented that yesterday, Monday, the heads of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP), the Tax Administration Service (SAT), as well as officials from Nacional Financiera (Nafin), the Bank National Works (Banobras), of the Bank of Mexico for refine details about the plan to be presented tomorrow during the morning conference.
López Obrador announced that this afternoon he will travel to the port of Acapulco where he will be supervising the work carried out and holding a meeting with those in charge of emergency work.
For her part, the Secretary of Welfare of the federal government, Ariadna Montiel, assured that To date, the census has been carried out in 32,644 homes and small and medium-sized businesses.while the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) reported that 25% of the more than half a million users who were left without electricity remain without service.
Meanwhile, the governor of the state of Guerrero, Evelyn Salgado, reported that the number of dead people and 58 missing people rose to 46 while search efforts intensify.
“The number of deceased people remains at 46, the same for the people who have been reported missing whose number remains at 58 people., especially at this point, the President informs that thanks to the emerging search program that we expanded that program to 30 brigades, we have located 214 people who did not have any type of communication with their loved ones, so they are already being cared for. Elements from the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City are also joining in with specialist elements in the search for people and they are supporting us with the National Search Commission and the State Human Rights Commission and we are working at full speed on the search. and locating people,” said Evelyn Salgado.
The Secretary of National Defense, Luis Cresencio Sandoval, explained that In the area there are 6,500 elements of the Mexican Army and Air Forceand 5,000 from the National Guard, while the Secretary of the Navy, José Rafael Ojeda, said that 700 more sailors joined the work efforts, bringing the total to 5,700 deployed in southern Guerrero.
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