Country in 48-Hour Countdown to Search for Remaining Earthquake Survivors Daily Times
go to original September 26, 2017

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Rescuers are unlikely to find any more survivors of Mexico's earthquake still buried in the ruins and will cease operations to find them at the end of Thursday, the emergency services chief said.

Today marks one week since the 7.1 magnitude quake struck around lunchtime, killing 331 people, damaging 11,000 homes and leading to a outpouring of civilian volunteers to aid and comfort the victims. Luis Felipe Puente, coordinator of Mexico's Civil Protection agency, told Reuters that rescuers would continue hand-picking through the debris at four sites until Thursday.

"I can say that at this time it would be unlikely to find someone alive," Puente said, considering that specially trained dogs have yet to pick up the scent of survivors.



Forty-three people were still missing, including 40 who may have been trapped beneath a collapsed office building in the Roma district of Mexico City, Puente said. One person was believed missing at each of three other sites in the capital.

At the office building, relatives protested overnight, increasingly angry with the slow progress recovering their loved ones and an alleged lack of information.

Asked how much longer search and rescue operations would continue, the official responded, "As of Monday, we have agreed to another 72 hours."

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