Death toll in Colombia landslide rises to 23: official

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2024-01-14T05:56:23+05:00 AFP

At least 23 people were killed and another 20 injured in a landslide in an indigenous community in northwestern Colombia, local officials said.


"It is already a fact: 23 people dead and 20 people injured," Jaime Herrera, mayor of the Carmen de Atrato municipality, told Blu Radio.


Earlier, officials had put the toll in Friday's landslide, which hit a road linking the cities of Medellin and Quibdo, at 18 dead and 30 injured.

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