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Carolina Perez, subsecretary of Chile’s culture, arts and heritage ministry, said on Twitter that the government was offering its support to the mayor, but Edmunds blamed a lack of government support for the damage.

From Reuters • Oct. 7, 2022

“Half of the mud was removed before we could reach the people who were in the bedroom, lying down on the bed,” Patricia Díaz, subsecretary of Bariloche Civil Protection, said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2022

The government subsecretary of the new administration, Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez, announced in February a plan to create a National Institute of Forensic Identification.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2019

Pedro Machado, subsecretary of Rio state's Civil Defense department, told Globo TV that as many as 60 houses and 200 people were buried in the Morro Bumba slum in Niteroi, neighboring Rio.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2010

Pedro Machado, subsecretary of Rio state's Civil Defense department, told Globo TV that as many as 60 houses and at least 200 people were buried in the Morro Bumba slum in Niteroi, neighboring Rio.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2010