MEXICO – About 470 people were killed by the 8.2 and 7.1 magnitude earthquakes on the Richter scale that shook Mexico last month, government officials have confirmed.
The search and rescue of survivors trapped under collapsed buildings concluded, giving way to the reconstruction of Mexico City, where 228 people died.
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Meanwhile, in the states of Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tabasco, about 101 people were killed in the September 7 seism, and thousands of homes were damaged, most of which collapsed.
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President Enrique Peña Nieto announced on Wednesday the conclusion of rescue works after the last of 49 people (30 men and 19 women) who were found dead under a six-story building that collapsed on Alvaro Obregon Street, in this capital was found.
