![Cleaning employees sweep volcanic ash from a plaza in the city of Atlixco, in the state of Puebla.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/W4CWPX4V6KKHQACDJJ33HHUDFM.jpg?auth=7ec31befee437e34f73c0b2408fa85b51aa309887283bcc3313647b277b4925b&width=414&height=233&smart=true)
Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano activity mobilizes the army in the event of a possible evacuation
The Ministry of National Defense assigns 6,000 troops to assist more than 125,000 people in Puebla, State of Mexico, Morelos and Tlaxcala, in the center of the country