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Colombia landslide kills 13

AFP . Bogota
This handout picture released courtesy of Colombia`s Firefighters press office shows firefighters carrying the corpse of one of the passengers of a bus that was buried by a landslide on the road between the municipalities of Junin and Tuquerres, department of Narino, southwest of Colombia, on 21 January, 2018. Photo: AFP
This handout picture released courtesy of Colombia`s Firefighters press office shows firefighters carrying the corpse of one of the passengers of a bus that was buried by a landslide on the road between the municipalities of Junin and Tuquerres, department of Narino, southwest of Colombia, on 21 January, 2018. Photo: AFP

A landslide in southwestern Colombia has killed 13 people on a small public bus in a rain-soaked mountainous area, authorities said Sunday.

The landslide struck an area not far from the town of Tuquerres in Narino on Saturday.

Rescuers have so far found the bodies of 13 people, highway police officer Fernando Montana said.

Rescuers will search Monday to see if other vehicles in the area could have been affected, the local office of disaster risk management said in a statement.

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