El Salvador landslide kills 9; 35 missing
NEJAPA, El Salvador (AP) — At least nine people were killed and 35 were missing after a landslide during torrential rains in El Salvador, civil defense officials said Friday. The slide occurred Thursday night when earth from the upper part of the San Salvador volcano was set in motion, sweeping up trees and homes along a nearly 3-mile course some 12 miles north of the capital. Local resident Roxana RuÌz came to the search area looking for news of her cousin; she later learned her body had been found. “Three of my relatives died,” RuÌz said.“My cousin, her husband, and their child. They were buried, but now they found them.” Interior Minister Mario Dur·n said ìthis morning we confirmed the deaths of two adult women, a girl, three adult men and a boy, and a few minutes ago we found a man and a woman.”