Taiwan to send medical team to earthquake-hit Mexico

By Burcu Arik

ISTANBUL (AA) - A Taiwanese aid agency said Tuesday it would send a medical team to Mexico where powerful quakes earlier this month left hundreds of people dead.

According to Central News Agency, Taiwan's Buddhist charitable Tzu Chi Foundation said the volunteer team members will depart Taiwan for Mexico as soon as they obtain their visas.

On Sept. 22, Taipei government said it would donate $100,000 to the earthquake-hit country.

The earthquake took place close to the epicenter of the Sept. 8 magnitude 8.2 temblor -- the most powerful the country has seen in the last three decades, which killed more than 100 people.

The capital is trying to recover from a magnitude 7.1 earthquake last Tuesday that killed at least 295 people and damaged thousands of buildings.