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Deadly Weekend Crashes and Attacks Across Latin America Leave At Least 14 Dead

Investigators in Mexico, Argentina and Peru are working to establish responsibility across the incidents.

Overview

  • Mexico’s civil protection confirmed seven deaths and 20 injuries after a tourist bus overturned on the MoreliaPátzcuaro road near km 25.
  • In Zamora, Michoacán, a Guardia Nacional patrol was involved in a multi‑vehicle crash now reported with four fatalities, including two minors, as prosecutors review video evidence and treat multiple injured officers and bystanders.
  • In Mendoza, Argentina, a truck struck three cyclists on Ruta 142, killing Alexis Morales, 37, and injuring two women; the driver fled and remains sought by the Lavalle prosecutor’s office.
  • In Lima’s San Juan de Miraflores, two people were gravely wounded when gunmen on a motorcycle shot a ‘Los Rojitos’ combi; police are probing alleged extortion and the company plans to halt service.
  • Other serious cases under review include a Comodoro Rivadavia truck roll that fatally injured its driver, an Oberá crash in which an intoxicated motorist was detained after an 8‑year‑old died, and a Córdoba drive‑by at a graduation party that left three teens wounded and one suspect detained.