▁federal ▁government ' s ▁first ▁public ▁response ▁was ▁President ▁de ▁la ▁Madrid ' s ▁declaration ▁of ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁m our ning ▁for ▁three ▁days ▁starting ▁from ▁ 2 0 ▁September ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁ ▁De ▁la ▁Madrid ▁initially ▁refused ▁to ▁send ▁the ▁military ▁to ▁assist ▁on ▁the ▁rescue ▁efforts , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁later ▁deployed ▁to ▁pat rol ▁streets ▁only ▁to ▁prevent ▁lo oting ▁after ▁a ▁cur f ew ▁was ▁im posed . ▁ ▁The ▁earth qu ake ▁created ▁many ▁political ▁difficulties ▁for ▁the ▁then - r uling ▁Partido ▁Revol uc ionario ▁Instit uc ional ▁( PRI ) ▁or ▁Institution al ▁Revolution ary ▁Party . ▁The ▁crisis ▁was ▁severe ▁enough ▁to ▁have ▁tested ▁the ▁capabilities ▁of ▁wealth ier ▁countries , ▁but ▁the ▁government ▁from ▁local ▁P RI ▁b oss es ▁to ▁President ▁de ▁la ▁Madrid ▁himself ▁ex ac erb ated ▁the ▁problem ▁aside ▁from ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁money . ▁The ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Foreign ▁Affairs ▁declared ▁it ▁would ▁not ▁request ▁aid . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁widely ▁reported ▁in ▁the ▁days ▁after ▁the ▁earth qu ake ▁that ▁the ▁military ▁assist ed ▁factory ▁own ers ▁in ▁retr ieving ▁their ▁mach in ery ▁rather ▁than ▁in ▁removing ▁the ▁bodies ▁of ▁dead ▁factory ▁workers . ▁ ▁President ▁de ▁la ▁Madrid ▁was ▁also ▁critic ized ▁for ▁ref using ▁to ▁cut ▁foreign ▁deb t ▁pay ments ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁money ▁to ▁help ▁with ▁the ▁recovery ▁effort ▁( at ▁the ▁time , ▁his ▁administration ▁dest ined ▁around ▁ 3 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁federal ▁budget ▁towards