Mexican president says quake death toll at 61
Mexico's president said the death toll in the powerful earthquake that struck off the country's southern coast has risen to 61.
Enrique Pena Nieto said the toll includes 45 in Oaxaca state, 12 in Chiapas and four in Tabasco. The Oaxacan city of Juchitan was hardest hit, with 36 of the fatalities occurring there and numerous buildings collapsing, including a hospital and part of the city hall.
Nieto spoke in a televised address Friday evening after touring the city and meeting with residents amid the debris. He declared three days of national mourning, vowed that the government would help rebuild and called for solidarity. He added that "the power of this earthquake was devastating" but Mexicans' response "will be greater."
