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Mexico Combs The Rubble For Survivors After Earthquake Kills At Least 225

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake ravaged Central Mexico on Tuesday, leaving victims across Mexico City and five states. Rescue workers dug through the night to find signs of life amid the debris.
Volunteers remove rubble as they search for survivors in a flattened building in Mexico City on Wednesday. / YURI CORTEZ / Getty Images

Updated at 1:09 p.m. ET

As the morning sun rose over the cities of Central Mexico on Wednesday, where city blocks had lain neatly arranged, there was now a mess of rubble and stunned residents, watching as thousands of earthquake volunteers and rescue workers dug

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