Word: wolbert
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...devastated areas did little or nothing to assist in the rescue effort. Moreover, Mexican officials were allegedly more anxious to bulldoze ruined buildings than to proceed with the painstaking / rescue work, apparently out of the mistaken fear that decomposing corpses in the ruins would cause epidemics. Carl Heinz Wolbert, a West German police detective and volunteer rescue expert, wept in frustration at the resulting delays. Said he: "We can touch the people who are trapped. In Mexico it is impossible to get them out. In Germany it would be very possible." Admitted a senior Mexican official: "In situations like this...