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Guatemala Ravine Bus Crash Kills At Least 15 as Holiday Travel Turns Deadly Across Latin America

The Guatemala crash is the deadliest of several holiday-period road tragedies across the region under active investigation.

Overview

  • Guatemalan firefighters said a passenger bus fell roughly 75–100 meters off the Interamericana at Cumbre de Alaska in Totonicapán, leaving at least 15 dead and about 19–20 injured who were taken to hospitals in Totonicapán and Quetzaltenango.
  • In San Luis, Argentina, a Jeep Renegade carrying a family from Villa Mercedes struck a truck on Route 188 near Nueva Galia, killing Susana Cuello and her daughter Milagros Casañas and injuring three others.
  • A multi-vehicle collision on the Panamericana Norte in Casma, Áncash, killed four members of one family, including Jorge Balarezo Villarreal and his son Fabricio; UNSA professor Olenka León Balarezo survived as other motorists were also injured.
  • In Punta del Este, Uruguay, 44-year-old motorcyclist Néstor Daniel Rodríguez died in a crash captured on security cameras involving a vehicle with Argentine plates, according to local police.
  • In Tamaulipas, Mexico, a Futura bus hit a parked grain trailer on the Victoria–Zaragoza highway, leaving two women dead and around 35 injured, including 12 minors, as state and federal authorities opened inquiries.