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New Homes Presented to Town Devastated by Mudslide

May 28, 2014

The village of La Pintada, Mexico was buried last year by a massive mudslide caused by hurricanes Ingrid and Manuel. On Monday, the Mexican government presented 125 new homes to the town's residents.

La Pintada, Mexico - On Monday, May 26th, Mexico's government presented 125 new homes to residents of a southwestern mountain village that was buried by a massive landslide last year which killed 71 people.

President Enrique Pena Nieto visited La Pintada, a coffee-growing village in Guerrero state, to unveil the two-story cement houses in the hamlet of 400 people whose wooden homes were crushed in September 2013.

La Pintada became a tragic symbol of the devastation brought by twin hurricanes Ingrid and Manuel that pummelled Mexico's east and west coasts last year.

"I am very moved to see the faces of the men and women who went through tough times, and today are still standing, and committed to moving forward," Pena Nieto told townspeople as he inaugurated a memorial park.

Ingrid and Manuel left 157 people dead across Mexico.

As Pena Nieto spoke, the first named storm of the hurricane season, Amanda, weakened to a category-three hurricane far off Mexico's Pacific coast.

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