Hueypoxtla or Villa de San Bartolomé Hueypoxtla is a town and municipal seat from

Hueypoxtla Municipality Hueypoxtla is a municipality located in the Zumpango Region, the northeastern part of the state of Mexico in Mexico. The municipality is located at a northern pass leading out of the Valley of Mexico and Mezquital Valley. The name comes from Na ...

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, in

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. In 2010, this village had a total population of 3,989.

History

On December 4, 2013,

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from a truck theft two days before away was recovered there, as well as the heavy truck itself; the decommissioned cobalt therapy machine had been ''en route'' to proper disposal. Federal police and military units established an armed cordon approximately around the radiation source in the empty lot where it had been abandoned. Six people showing signs of possible radiation exposure from the

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were later detained. It is not known whether the thieves wanted the truck (which included a crane), the cobalt-60, or both.

References

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