LA PINTADA, Mexico— Rescue crews used shovels and hydraulic equipment to search for more victims of a massive landslide that took half the remote village of La Pintada, leaving 68 people missing.
The Mexican army’s emergency response team slogged in several feet of mud with five rescue dogs on Sunday, recovering the body of a man found wedged under the collapsed roof of dirt-filled home.
Lieutenant Carlos Alberto Mendoza, commander of the 16-soldier team, said it’s the most daunting situation he has seen in 24 years with the Mexican army.
‘‘They are doing unbelievable work, hours and hours for just one body,’’ he said.
La Pintada was the scene of the single greatest tragedy wreaked by twin storms Manuel and Ingrid, which simultaneously pounded both of Mexico’s coasts a week ago, spawning floods and landslides across a third of the country.
The death toll stands at 101, not including 68 missing.
Houses were filled to their roofs with dirt, and vehicles were tossed on their sides when the hillside collapsed Monday afternoon after several days of rain brought by Tropical Storm Manuel.
‘‘As of today, there is little hope now that we will find anyone alive,’’ President Enrique Pena Nieto said after touring the devastation.