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26 found dead under Mexico school debris

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Rescue workers have discovered a woman's body under the debris of the Enrique Rebsamen school which collapsed during the September 19 earthquake in Mexico City, bringing the death toll at the site to 26.

According to the Mexican Navy, the unidentified woman's body was found on the second floor 130 hours after the tremor.

The latest victim brings the death toll from the Enrique Rebsamen school to 26 - 11 children and seven adults. In addition. Eleven children were rescued alive.

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The Navy says the search and rescue operations for survivors will continue until it's confirmed that no one, alive or dead, remains under the school's rubble.

The death toll from the earthquake in Mexico has reached 320 - 182 deaths in Mexico City, 73 in Morelos, 45 in Puebla, 13 in the State of Mexico, six in Guerrero and one in Oaxaca.

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