'My Job Stinks': Meet the Diver Who Swims Through the Sewers of Mexico City Helen Lawson - Daily Mail
go to original April 1, 2013

Mexico City is in danger of drowning in its own filth. Dallas joins one of the men responsible for keeping its sewers flowing freely. (BBC)

Julio Cu Camara's day job is dirty work. The 52-year-old spends his working days submerged in the murky liquid of Mexico City's sewers, clearing blockages and carrying out repairs by hand.

For 30 years, Cu Camara has made an average of four dives a month, staying below the surface for about 30 minutes to six hours at a time.

He wears an airtight suit and helmet that weigh about 90lb in total to protect him from the human, chemical and animal waste and its overpowering stench.

Cu Camara has encountered dead human bodies, horses and pigs as well as weapons and car parts while exploring a drainage system measuring about 7,456 miles long.

"We find all of it in the sewers. You’ve got to ask yourself how it got there? But there it is – it’s crazy."

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