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At least 24 people have died in Mexico City after a railway bridge collapsed sending train carriages plunging onto a busy road below. Dozens of other people were injured.
Rescue workers searched through the wreckage for survivors at the site, close to a metro station, on the newest line in the city.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Will Grant in Mexico City.
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Mexico is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is the most populous Spanish-speaking nation. Mexico City is its capital city and largest metropolis.
Mexico became an independent nation state after the successful Mexican War of Independence against Spain in 1821.
Mexico is a developing country, but has the world’s 15th-largest economy by nominal GDP and the 11th-largest by PPP, with the United States being its largest economic partner. Since 2006, a conflict between the government and drug trafficking syndicates has led to over 120,000 deaths.
Mexico receives a significant number of tourists every year; in 2018, it was the 6th most-visited country in the world, with 39 million international arrivals.