MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — The death toll from a landslide caused by heavy rain in Guatemala’s Santa Catarina Pinula municipality reached 175, the country's public prosecutor's office said Tuesday.
The earlier reports had put the number of victims at 161. More than 300 people remain missing.
"Prosecutors [on site] report that 175 bodies have been recovered as of now," the office said on Twitter.
The landslide occurred late on Thursday in a suburb located about 9 miles east of the country’s capital Guatemala City, burying some 125 homes. Nearly 1,800 people are involved in the ongoing search and rescue operations, including Red Cross workers, police officers and rescue teams.
