Mexico moves quake death toll down to 223

September 20, 2017 at 8:48 p.m. | Updated September 20, 2017 at 8:55 p.m.

by Associated Press

The Santiago Apostol church stands damaged after the 7.1 earthquake Wednesday Sept. 20, 2017, in the town of Atzala in Puebla state, Mexico. According to family members of the 11 people who died inside the church during Tuesday's quake, the roof collapsed during a Mass held to baptize a two-year-old girl, and the only people who survived were the baby's father, the priest and the priest's assistant.
The Santiago Apostol church stands damaged after the 7.1 earthquake Wednesday Sept. 20, 2017, in the town of Atzala in Puebla state, Mexico. According to family members of the 11 people who died inside the church during Tuesday's quake, the roof collapsed during a Mass held to baptize a two-year-old girl, and the only people who survived were the baby's father, the priest and the priest's assistant.

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MEXICO CITY - Mexico's federal disaster agency is adjusting its death toll from this week's big earthquake.

National Civil Defense Coordinator Luis Felipe Puente said in a tweet Wednesday that officials now count 223 dead - a reduction of two from the figure they gave earlier.

He now says 93 people have died in Mexico City, 69 in neighboring Morelos state, 43 in Puebla, 13 in the State of Mexico, four in Guerrero and one in Oaxaca.

Determining the number of casualties has been complicated by the diverse places where Tuesday's magnitude 7.1 quake hit and where victims were taken.

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