How a rural corner of Mexico City bands together to rebuild after the earthquake
Francisco Ocadiz, 16, left, along with his father, Sergio Ocadiz, empties a 50-gallon drum into buckets so he can go retrieve more water for the family’s home in the La Conchita neighborhood of Xochimilco.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)
When an earthquake struck Xochimilco, in a rural corner of Mexico City, the flimsy shacks collapsed in moments. In the quake’s aftermath, the area’s poor residents have banded together to rebuild.
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