Eleven Killed as Mudslide Strikes Mexican Hamlet
Date: 03-Aug-06
Country: MEXICO
Rescuers recovered the bodies of six adults and five children killed when the mudslide buried two houses in the hamlet of Santa Maria Chilchotla in Oaxaca state shortly after midnight, said state civil protection spokesman Luis Zarate.
Heavy rains have pounded northern, central and southeastern Mexico in recent weeks, washing out roads and raising fears of flash-flooding and mudslides in mountainous areas.
