Earthquake in Mexico

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Earthquake in Mexico

More than 250,000 Mexicans lost their homes and "are in a situation of patrimonial poverty" for the three earthquakes that affected the center and south of the country this September, said the Secretary of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development, Rosario Robles.

At a conference at the official residence of Los Pinos in which members of the Cabinet exhibited progress for the reconstruction of states affected by the earthquakes of September 7, 19 and 23 (of magnitude 8,2, 7,1 and 6 , 1 on the Richter scale, respectively), Robles pointed out that the homeless population is similar to the total population of the state of Colima.

"We are talking about more than 150,000 homes damaged, from minor damage, partial damage to total damage," a figure that resembles the number of homes built during 2016, he said.

"Families (...) will have the responsibility, with the support of the Government, to self-employment or to pay labor", with the possibility of accessing materials with accessible costs and with the appropriate technical assistance, explained Robles.

The reconstruction of the areas devastated by the three earthquakes that this month shook central and southern Mexico will have a cost, according to preliminary data, of more than 38,000 million pesos (1,801 million euros), said President Enrique Peña Nieto.

In this context, the hope of finding life among the rubble is fading after a week of rescue work.

The search for survivors continues in five parts of the capital, including the building number 286 of Avenida Álvaro Obregón, in the central colony Roma, where it is believed that there are still 35 people among the rubble.

The head of Government of Mexico City, Miguel Angel Mancera, has reiterated that they will work to rescue the last person among the debris.

On the other hand, the Government has raised to 337 the provisional balance of deaths.

The National Coordinator of Civil Protection, Luis Felipe Puente, has reported the new balance sheet, which places the majority of victims (198) in the Mexican capital. In addition, 74 other people were killed in the state of Morelos, 45 in Puebla, 13 in the state of Mexico (Edomex), six in Guerrero and one in Oaxaca.

The mayor of Mexico City, Miguel Angel Mancera, has highlighted in his Twitter account that the number of people hospitalized for the wounds suffered in the earthquake "is going down" and there are only thirty or so admitted to various