Pena Nieto: Children Among the Dead, Quake a 'Painful Ordeal' for the Country

Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto released a statement late on Tuesday, September 19, describing the deadly earthquake that struck earlier in the day as a “painful ordeal” for the country, and saying that children were among the scores killed.

Over 200 people were killed when the magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck central Mexico, causing deaths and damage in a number of towns and cities, including the capital. Credit: Mexican Government via Storyful