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Mexico: Death toll from devastating earthquake shoots up to 225

The death toll from Tuesday’s earthquake in Mexico reached 225 yesterday afternoon — including at least 25 children killed when a school collapsed

National Civil Defence agency chief Luis Felipe Puente said the number included all known dead to date following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake.

Mr Puente said 94 of those were in Mexico City, 71 in Morelos state, 43 in Puebla, 12 in the State of Mexico, four in Guerrero and one in Oaxaca.

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