Mexican school owner sentenced to 31 years over quake deaths

Mexico City, Oct 15 (AFP/APP):A Mexican court on Wednesday sentenced the owner of a school where 19 children and seven adults were crushed to death in a 2017 earthquake to 31 years in prison. “We achieved justice for the victims!” Mexico City attorney general Ernestina Godoy Ramos wrote on Twitter. Monica Garcia Villegas, head of the private Rebsamen elementary school in the Mexican capital, was convicted last month of culpable homicide. The court also ordered her to pay a total of 11.5 million pesos ($540,000) in damages to the victims’ families, a judicial source told AFP on condition of anonymity. … Continue reading Mexican school owner sentenced to 31 years over quake deaths