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Viacha Opens Registry for Damaged Homes and Centralizes Donations

From El Deber · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Viacha’s municipal government will begin registering claims from families whose homes were damaged by explosions at the Bolívar military regiment.
  • Municipal officials will assess damage with neighborhood organizations and property owners, while a designated department will receive in-kind donations.
  • The Diocese of El Alto expressed solidarity with victims’ families and called for investigations to establish the facts.

Viacha will officially begin registering complaints from families whose homes were damaged by explosions at the Bolívar military regiment. The municipality has opened phone numbers 71522583 and 77753832 to coordinate assessments of the affected properties.

The Territorial and Cadastral Administration Directorate will receive claims and reports from residents. The Municipal Secretariat for Public Works and Environmental Management will inspect damage inside and outside the homes.

The assessments will be coordinated with neighborhood federations, neighborhood association presidents and the owners of the affected properties. The municipality also said the Municipal Secretariat for Human Development is the only authorized body to receive in-kind donations for affected people. Donations can be coordinated through 73014871.

We call on the competent authorities to carry out the necessary investigations and clarify what happened, thereby helping to provide truth, justice and greater peace to all the inhabitants of Viacha.

· Giovani AranaThe bishop of the Diocese of El Alto called for an investigation into the explosions.

The Diocese of El Alto expressed solidarity with the people of Viacha, particularly families of those killed, injured or missing after the explosions. Bishop Giovani Arana called on the competent authorities to carry out the necessary investigations and clarify what happened, saying this would help provide truth, justice and greater peace to residents.

The diocese also expressed its closeness to families facing pain and uncertainty, including those awaiting information about missing relatives. Its message entrusted those affected to the intercession of the Virgin of Letanías, asking for support for the injured, mercy for the dead and hope for the families of the missing.

We entrust all those affected to the maternal intercession of the Virgin of Letanías, so that she may accompany the people of Viacha, intercede for the injured, receive those who have died into God's mercy and sustain the relatives of the missing with hope.

· Diocese of El AltoThe diocese expressed solidarity with affected families and those awaiting information about missing relatives.
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Originally published by El Deber in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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