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| 19°25′44.13″N 99°09′51.39″W / 19.4289250°N 99.1642750°W / 19.4289250; -99.1642750 | |
| Location | Mexico City, Mexico |
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| Designer | Anonymous demonstrators |
| Type | Antimonumento |
| Material | Steel |
| Opening date | 18 February 2018 (2018-02-18) |
| Dedicated to | The victims of the 2006 Pasta de Conchos mine disaster |
An antimonumento was installed near the Mexican Stock Exchange Building, on Paseo de la Reforma Avenue, in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. The work included the installation of the number 65 along with the plus sign to honor the sixty-five miners that died during the 19 February 2006 Pasta de Conchos mine disaster in San Juan de Sabinas Municipality, Coahuila. Only two bodies were recovered.
Protesters installed the anti-monument at noon on 18 February 2018—the eve of the twelfth anniversary of the disaster—as a plea for justice for the collapse and for justice for the government's inaction. The artwork was never given an official name, and those who installed it referred to it simply as Antimonumento; because of its physical characteristics, it is known as Antimonumento +65, although it is also known by other names.
The plus symbol in the sculpture is engraved with the names of the victims, coupled with the phrase A una voz, ¡rescate ya! (English for "With one voice, rescue now!"). The following day, the demonstrators placed a metal cage with sixty-three helmets buried in coal mined from Pasta de Conchos.
Background
Main article: Pasta de Conchos mine disasterPasta de Conchos is a coal mine in Nueva Rosita, San Juan de Sabinas Municipality, Coahuila. It is owned by the Mexican conglomerate Grupo México. On 19 February 2006, approximately at 2:00 a.m. CST (UTC−6), a methane explosion occured inside the mine. Sixty-five migrants were trapped. Five days later, Grupo México suspended rescue operations and declared that the miners had allegedly died after the explosion. Before the incident, there were multiple reports of methane leaks. On 23 June 2006, the body of Felipe de Jesús Torres Reyna was recovered, and on 1 January 2007, the body of José Manuel Peña Saucedo was rescued. Subsequently, the rescue of the other sixty-three bodies was suspended for safety reasons.
History and installation
Reception
External links
Media related to Antimonumento de Pasta de Conchos at Wikimedia Commons
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Category:2018 establishments in Mexico Category:2018 sculptures Category:Anti-monuments in Mexico Category:Monuments and memorials in Mexico City Category:Outdoor sculptures in Mexico City Category:Paseo de la Reforma Category:Steel sculptures in Mexico
- "Cronología de una infamia" [Chronology of an Infamy]. La Jornada (in Spanish). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- "Tragedia de Pasta de Conchos: 16 años después se inicia el rescate" [Pasta de Conchos Tragedy: 16 Years Later, Rescue Operations Begin]. Expansion (in Spanish). 11 February 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2025.