Mexico City — A tent village sprouted next to a severely damaged apartment complex in southern Mexico City on Friday, a new home for residents left homeless by Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in a generation. They were given a series of 20-minute windows by authorities in which to go to their original homes to gather belongings. Two of the roughly 30 apartment buildings that make up the Girasoles complex collapsed after Tuesday’s 7.1 magnitude quake. A handwritten sign across the street listed 14 people said to have died there. The tremor killed at least 286 people and levelled 52 buildings in the capital, sparking a desperate hunt for survivors and prompting political parties to outdo one another with gestures of generosity ahead of 2018’s election. Across the sprawling Mexican capital, the extent of the quake’s damage was becoming apparent, with many whose dwellings had become uninhabitable seeking somewhere to call home, raising the risk of a housing shortage in coming weeks. Offic...
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