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.
Search and rescue teams continue to search for victims trapped under the rubble in Xochimilco.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)A health worker carrying a dehydrated infant is rushed to medical treatment in Xochimilco.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)Faustino Hernandez makes repairs to his home, replacing a tree trunk used to support sheet metal, in the La Conchita neighborhood of Xochimilco.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)Volunteers remove rubble from the Neto supermarket in Xochimilco where people were killed by the earthquake.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)Search and rescue teams continue to search for people trapped under the rubble at the Neto supermarket in Xochimilco.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)Domino Castillo watches as search teams scour for people trapped in the rubble at the Neto supermarket in Xochimilco.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)A woman asks for more water as people wait in line at a supplies distribution area in Xochimilco.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)A woman waits in the street for help after receiving clothing in Xochimilco.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)Jennifer Perez, 11, hauls water to her home, while others line up at a distribution area in Xochimilco.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)Volunteer Luis Martinez hands out water in Xochimilco.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)A sign reads “Maria Hernandez Venancio is alive” in the La Conchita neighborhood in Xochimilco.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)A man tends to his field in rural La Conchita where lettuce, kale, corn and succulents are grown.
(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)