Authorities have recovered the last known body trapped beneath the rubble in Mexico City ― more than two weeks after the region was rocked by a deadly magnitude 71 earthquake
For days, the Interior Department's Roberto Campa had been following workers' progress at the site of a crumbled office building Then on Wednesday, Oct 4, he said the operation was complete They recovered 49 bodies: 19 women and 30 men Mexico City Mayor Miguel Ángel Mancera has reportedly confirmed that everyone reported missing since the earthquake struck has been accounted for
He tweeted Wednesday that 16 people injured during the earthquake remain hospitalized Nationwide, the death toll has risen to 369 The vast majority of those deaths, 228, occurred in Mexico City Last month's earthquake struck on the 32nd anniversary of a magnitude 80 quake that devastated the capital and surrounding areas in 1985
For United News International, I'm Matt Paul
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Mexico Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 369
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