mexico city relief supply volunteer pile rescue sit upscale district mexico city follow tuesday deadly earthquake show solidarity contrast government struggle get aid people need wealthy neighborhoods roma condesa center mexico city volunteer hundreds stand ready help dig survivors may trap beneath rubble recent days however largely remain idle others bring food water eager tend rescue workers thousands people make homeless quake yet struggle find takers much sustenance offer poor far-flung neighborhoods outskirts capital meanwhile aid comfort less abundant villages state surround mexico city victims say yet see government aid arrive hard-hit mexico city neighborhood del valle 48-year-old marcela sanchez come search aid lose home large working-class area nezahualcoyotl remote northeast suburbs receive aid sanchez say us work mexico city return home aid god will help us government response tuesday quake kill 319 people mexico city surround state scrutiny ahead presidential elections next year earthquakes politically sensitive rule institutional revolutionary party flaw response 1985 earthquake kill thousands government handle disaster markedly good 32 years ago days pass rescue begin many build disaster lead rigorous build cod regular quake drill last memory 2017 quake may outpouring voluntary action also unevenness relief operations lack government coordination resources plenty provision aid workers miss emergency management say roberto hernandez founder los topos moles civilian rescue squad rise prominence 1985 earthquake government response coordinate civil protection unit interior ministry immediately make official available comment president enrique pena nieto office respond request comment combination mexican government employees police soldier sailors well foreign aid team hordes civilian volunteer clear build debris rescue 69 people recover body enormous logistical task marshal resources appear want even best time coordinate action among myriad government agencies mexico complicate volunteer victims complain overlap jurisdictions thwart relief efforts rescuers work around clock disaster sit dozens police military force leave without apparent task sometimes stand inactive hernandez los topos complain slow pace remove debris collapse office build roma rescuers hard hat work atop ruin score uniform police soldier appear little need break slabs bring look body survivors 32 years ago save 137 people hernandez say look police officer every one would will pick couple rock ask mayor mexico city say interview broadcaster tv azteca official response improve stick contingency plan without reticence work hand-in-hand navy army federal police mayor miguel angel mancera say contention may lose people state morelos puebla close epicenter 7.1 magnitude quake villages victims say government arrive instead caravan volunteer capital travel backroads wad rivers deliver aid remote populations even relatively close neighborhoods san geronimo capital southern extreme many modest adobe brick home crumble crack road damage impede access residents complain aid slow arrive nearly abundant upscale neighborhoods close city center support authorities say antonio ramirez retire teacher survey damage home support ordinary people even soldier instead bring pick shovel bring machine gun wealthy mexicans swamp quake aid poor feel abandon