Tragedy strikes in Colombia as landslide kills 33
The landslide hit a road between Medellin and Quibo in the Choco department
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The landslide hit a road between Medellin and Quibo in the Choco department
Some 23 people are killed and the local mayor says more are still trapped by debris.
At least 33 people, mostly children, were killed in a landslide in an indigenous community in northwestern Colombia, the country's vice president said Saturday."I deeply regret the death of 33 people in this tragedy, mostly children, according to preliminary reports from the territory," Vice President Francia Marquez wrote on social media site X, the former Twitter.
A mudslide covered a highway on a busy road in a mountainous area connecting the cities of Quibo and Medellin in western Colombia. Officials said at least 33 people were killed
The death toll of a mudslide in western Colombia rose to 33, the government said Saturday.