14 people died in the crash and another 25 were wounded.
The bus went off the road and fell down into a 164 foot deep ravine.
Traffic accidents aren’t uncommon on roadways in Guatemala’s mountain area.
The driver of the bus was going too fast and his brakes didn’t work on a curve according to one who survived the accident.
It’s amazing there weren’t more deaths and serious injuries with there being 60 people traveling on the bus.
All passengers were once a part of the soldiers civil patrol. They were to trained to battle the left wing insurgents during Guatemala’s 190-1996 inside struggle.
Rural area communities supplied many of the members of the patrols. People were made to sign up and go to battle. Veterans of the civil patrols have pushed for benefits for their time served.
The project they were working on for the government was one way the government is trying to make jobs available for ex-soldiers..
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