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Search ends for Mexico City earthquake victims

Rescue workers recover the body of the last person known to be missing after the earthquake.

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Members of a rescue team continue to work in the rubble of a collapsed building in Mexico City while searching for the last bodies of the Sept. 19 earthquake. REUTERS/Daniel Becerrill
Members of a rescue team work in the rubble of a collapsed building in Mexico City. [Daniel Becerrill/Reuters]
Published On 5 Oct 2017

Mexico City – The search for victims of an earthquake that killed hundreds across Mexico City ended on Wednesday as rescue workers recovered the body of the last person known to be missing beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings.

Deputy Interior Minister Roberto Campa said all the bodies had been recovered from the ruins of an office building in the upscale Roma district of the capital. 

In total, 369 people died across central Mexico in the most deadly earthquake to hit the country in decades. 

Nearly two-thirds of the fatalities were in the capital, Mexico City. 

Volunteers hug after rescue teams retrieved the last body trapped in the rubble of a building in Mexico City. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
Volunteers hug after rescue teams retrieved the last body trapped in the rubble of a building in Mexico City. [Daniel Becerril/Reuters]
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A bag with gloves for the use of rescue teams and volunteers is seen near a building where the last body trapped in the rubble was retrieved. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
A bag with gloves used by rescue workers and volunteers is seen near a building where the last body trapped in the rubble was retrieved. [Daniel Becerril/Reuters]
Members of a rescue team work to remove the last body trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building at Alvaro Obregon Avenue in the Condesa neighborhood. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Members of a rescue team work to remove the last body trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building on Alvaro Obregon Avenue in the Condesa neighbourhood. [Nacho Doce/Reuters]
A resident holds her baby as they walk past a tribute to the victims at the site of a building that collapsed in Narvarte neighbourhood. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
A resident holds her baby as she walks past a tribute to the victims at the site of a building that collapsed in Narvarte neighbourhood. [Nacho Doce/Reuters]
A damaged apartment in the Narrate neighborhood. REUTERS/ Carlos Jasso
A damaged apartment in the Narrate neighbourhood. [Carlos Jasso/Reuters]
Rescue teams carry a body recovered from the rubble. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
Rescue teams carry a body recovered from the rubble. [Daniel Becerril/Reuters]
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A woman embraces a member of the rescue team outside a collapsed building at Alvaro Obregon Avenue in the Condesa neighborhood. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
A woman embraces a member of the rescue team outside a collapsed building on Alvaro Obregon Avenue in the Condesa neighbourhood. [Jose Luis Gonzalez /Reuters]
Rescue workers rest at the site of a collapsed building. REUTERS/ Carlos Jasso
Rescue workers rest at the site of a collapsed building. [Carlos Jasso/Reuters]
A worker walks past a collapsed building. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
A worker walks past a collapsed building. [Nacho Doce/Reuters]