El Presidente declara: #LutoNacional de 3 días, por efectos del #Sismo de ayer 7 de septiembre de 2017 #FuerzaMéxico
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto declared three days of national mourning after visiting Oaxaca Friday, one of the hardest hit areas by the powerful earthquake.
Peña Nieto visited Juchitán de Zaragosa, Oaxaca, Friday afternoon to see the damage caused by the 8.2-magnitude quake. That district inside Oaxaca, Peña Nieto said, faced the deadliest consequences of the earthquake with 36 deaths.
Oaxaca has so far experienced the greatest loss of life, with at least 45 people confirmed killed as of Friday evening.
Twelve people were killed in Chiapas and another four died in the state of Tabasco, Peña Nieto said at a press conference.
"The force of nature can be devastating, but the force of the unity and solidarity of the Mexican people is much stronger," Peña Nieto said in a tweet Friday.
—Salvador Hernandez
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