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A five-gallon bucket which volunteer rescuers had used to carefully remove rubble in the first days of the rescue attempts serves as a vase for a fresh spray of flowers at 168 Bolivar Street, a collapsed five-story office and factory building in the the Obrera neighborhood of Mexico City, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017.  (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A police officer directs traffic near a memorial honoring 19 children and seven adults who died when a wing of a primary and secondary school collapsed in the recent earthquake, in Mexico City's southern Coapa district, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A woman stands before the last remaining bit of wall at 168 Bolivar Street, the site of a collapsed five-story office and factory building felled by the recent earthquake, in Mexico City's Obrera neighborhood, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. " (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Prayer cards are taped to a wall near a memorial honoring those who died when a wing of a primary and secondary school collapsed in the recent earthquake, in Mexico City's southern Coapa district, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017.  (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A man visits a memorial dedicated to five fellow male students who were killed during the recent earthquake, in front of the college campus of the Tecnologico de Monterrey, in Mexico City, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017.  (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A framed portrait of an unidentified woman and bouquets of white flowers make up part of a memorial at the site of an apartment building at the corner of Division del Norte and Peten, in the Santa Cruz Atoyac neighborhood of Mexico City, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A memorial to victims and rescuers is adorned with a Mexican national flag and construction helmets, at the corner of Division del Norte and Peten, in the Santa Cruz Atoyac neighborhood of Mexico City, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, the site of a seven-story apartment building collapsed by the 7.1 magnitude earthquake, killing several people. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A piece of paper with a message that reads in Spanish: "Juan Pablo Irigoyen is missing," and a prayer card with the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, are fasten to a utility pole with packing tape, on the corner of Escocia and Gabriel Mancera, in the Del Valle neighborhood of Mexico City, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017.  (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A plywood barrier fence shielding the spot where a six-story apartment building collapsed, killing a dozen people, someone spray-painted on the fence, "to the neighbors of 32," the number of the apartment block that collapsed, in Mexico City, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017.  (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Handwritten messages that make up a memorial to fellow students who died in the recent earthquake, blanket a wall in front of the college campus of the Tecnologico de Monterrey, in Mexico City, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017.  (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

In this Monday, Sept. 25, 2017 photo, articles of clothing, cloth, and flowers are arranged as part of a memorial for earthquake victims, bearing slogans: "Our lives matter" and "Our bodies are not trash," at 168 Bolivar Street, in the Obrera neighborhood of Mexico City. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

In this Monday, Sept. 25, 2017 photo, a wilted rose is propped in the mangled rebar of a six-story building, on the corner of Torreon and Viaducto in Mexico City's Navarate neighborhood, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017.  (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Stuffed ram plush toys, the college mascot of the Tecnologico de Monterrey, and candles, make up part of a memorial remembering five fellow students who died during the recent earthquake, in Mexico City, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

In this Monday, Sept. 25, 2017 photo, flower wreaths, clothing, sewing supplies and a mannequin make up a memorial honoring those who died at 168 Bolivar Street when the five-story office and factory building was felled by an earthquake, in Mexico City.  (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Flowers, handwritten messages, and a Mexican flag are arranged in a makeshift memorial for earthquake victims, erected by the community in Parque Mexico in the heart of the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017.  (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Flowers serve as an informal memorial at what remains of a seven-story apartment building that collapsed at 107 Amsterdam on the corner with Laredo, in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017.  (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

In this Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 photo, a framed image of Mexico's patron saint, the Virgin of Guadalupe, makes up part of a memorial for those who died when a five-story office and factory building was collapsed by a recent earthquake on 168 Bolivar Street, in the Obrera neighborhood of Mexico City.  (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

An improvised memorial of flowers and candles sprouted on the corner of Torreon and Viaducto continues to grow in size, in Mexico City's Navarate neighborhood, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017.  (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

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