The Latest: Death toll rises to 507 from Ecuador earthquake

Source: Associated Press

The Latest: Death toll rises to 507 from Ecuador earthquake
Apr 19, 8:30 PM EDT

MANTA, Ecuador (AP) -- The latest on the deadly earthquake in Ecuador (all times local):

7:30 p.m.

Ecuadorean authorities say the death toll from the weekend earthquake has risen to 507.
The Attorney General's Office says 499 of the dead have been identified so far and returned to loved ones.
It says 11 foreigners were among those killed.

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7:20 p.m.

The devastation caused by Ecuador's earthquake is being felt in the newsroom of one of the South American country's oldest newspapers. For the first time in its 82-year history, El Diario wasn't able to publish Sunday after electricity and Internet servers were knocked out of service by heavy damage in its newsroom in Portoviejo. The paper managed to resume circulation Monday, aided by power generators and the dedication of its staff spread across Manabi province, which is the hardest hit by the earthquake. Some employees traveled for hours to personally deliver photos of the devastation on pen drives.

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