Mendoza: the land where the 6-year-old boy died by falling into a well is clandestine and has been closed

The housing estate where a six-year-old boy died on Tuesday after falling into a water well more than 50 meters deep in the town of Mendoza in Guaymallén is in an irregular situation and “does not have a municipal permit” and they closed the property.

The event occurred when Erick Mamani He died after falling into a well located on private property in the said town near the provincial capital, where apartments are being built.

The property which has built more than 200 homes woke up this Wednesday with closure strips by the Municipality.

The director of private works of the municipality, Michael Valentinitold local media that “it was possible to verify that it is an old water well” and that “it did not have the regular security protections that it must have” for avoid risks.

The official also mentioned that this subdivision is irregular and does not have a municipal permit and pointed out that “the municipality has already carried out repeated actions paralyzing the works because everything that has been built has been done without any authorization and in violation of all municipal regulations” and illustrated: in Urquiza street 797 has a file started as a housing estate that does not have the authorization to build infrastructures but we see 200 housing units finished.”

He also pointed out that “we are talking about ‘a serial violator of building regulations’ and indicated that the place “has no habitable conditions” and that “we have brought everything to justice because the sanctions and measures work stoppage have not been respected, ”said the official who also maintained that there were also complaints from undocumented workers that Paco brought from Bolivia, his native country.

It should be noted that according to telamthe owner of the property is the Company Idandi SAwhose president is Florentino Paco, who has several real estate companies denounced for multiple irregularities in the aforementioned department of Greater Mendoza.

According to reports from the investigation, people who work for the construction company apparently live on the property.

It must be remembered that This Tuesday, a call to the 911 emergency line after 7 p.m. alerted that a six-year-old boy had accidentally fallen into the well located in a property in calle urquiza.

After that, officers attended the scene and reported that the miner’s father had also entered the pit in an attempt to rescue him and officers were summoned. Central Fire Department and Coordinated Emergency Services Headquarters work on site.

However, firefighters removed the lifeless child and later your relative who works on the propertyhe was transferred to the central hospital for his attention due to the injuries he presented.

Beyond the skills to be carried out, the investigators specify that the usefulness of the well or the way in which the accident occurred are still unknown. However, the baby’s mother He explained he was playing on the premises when he fell into the pipe of what was believed to be a ‘blind hole’ and without ‘security services’.

The case is being investigated by the Justice of Mendoza and is labeled as “death investigation”.

As reported by the local portal MDZof the local municipality, they point out that the company does everything irregularly and without authorization and in this context, they maintain that the municipality has sanctioned the company on several occasions but that it continues the work despite the order to Stop.

“We have taken everything to court because the sanctions and work paralysis measures are not being respected,” said the official who also maintained that there were also complaints from undocumented workers Paco brings from Bolivia , his native country.

With information from Telam

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