Tijuana, B.C. – During a briefing by the Municipal Secretariat of Government, the Civil Protection Directorate outlined its coordination plan with the city’s nine delegations in response to the forecast of the El Niño weather phenomenon. The director, Sergio Armando Pérez Ibarra, explained that recent surveys in La Playita, in the El Florido area, identified a high‑risk sector. “We placed engomados on the affected homes and expanded the evaluated polygon,” he said. Residents whose houses are classified as high risk receive an engomado and a certificate of risk. Pérez Ibarra also addressed the situation in Colonia 3 de Octubre, where 35 homes have been marked with red engomados. “These houses involve 149 people exposed to landslides,” he noted. The department has sent letters to the State Coordination of Civil Protection and the Secretariat of Welfare requesting assistance for the affected families. The Investigation Department conducts weekly monitoring in the colonia, using sensors to record and measure ground movement. The delegation coordinator, María Guadalupe Rubio Cucué, reported that each delegation has its own and rented machinery to carry out necessary work. “The nine delegations together have 82 pieces of equipment,” she said. The inventory includes 18 pickup trucks, 11 dump trucks, 11 backhoes, nine bucket cranes, six motor graders, seven mini‑reclaimers, three rollers, two low‑bed trucks, four road‑reclaim trucks, and other tools. Equipment assigned through the Tijuana Ciudad Limpia program is also used for citizen requests and delegation projects. José Alonso López Sepúlveda, the Cabinet coordinator, announced that the city will hold meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays to review the actions of municipal departments regarding the El Niño forecast.
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