Puerto Vallarta News

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Last known body recovered from rubble after Mexico quake

The last body known to be trapped in rubble has been recovered two weeks after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed at least 369 people in Mexico, officials said Wednesday.

The body was recovered from a collapsed office building in central Mexico City where a steadily dwindling number of families kept vigil as an international assortment of rescuers worked a massive rubble heap.

Jumpsuit-clad rescuers on Wednesday still clambered over what remained of the seven-floor office building, which counted an employment agency and accounting firm among its tenants.

A massive crane sat idle under gray skies and drizzle . . .

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