In 2003, a four-story building on Jose T. Cuellar collapsed while a party was in progress. The event destroyed the home of 13 families and temporarily dislocated 120 families from adjacent buildings. The collapsed building was damaged by the 1985 earthquake, and the collapse was attributed to the former damage. Subsequent evaluations by the city identified 64 similarly damaged buildings in and near the historic center. These properties were expropriated by the city government in order to prevent another collapse of an occupied building.