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Friday, January 22, 2010

Spain confirms fourth fatality in Haiti quake - Summary

Madrid - Rescuers in Haiti have retrieved the body of a Spanish European Union diplomat who has been confirmed as the fourth Spanish fatality in the January 12 earthquake, Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Thursday. Pilar Juarez, 53, belonged to the EU delegation in Haiti. She was at a meeting in a United Nations building when it collapsed in Port-au-Prince.

Another body was earlier erroneously identified as being hers.

The other Spanish fatalities were a married couple and a police officer who worked for the United Nations mission in Haiti.

Moratinos said no more Spaniards were expected to be among the earthquake victims.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/305048,spain-confirms-fourth-fatality-in-haiti-quake--summary.html.

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