Landslide Buries Bus in Colombia, at Least 27 Dead: President Petro

Rescue teams organize the search for people at a landslide of a mountain in the sector El Ruso, Pueblo Rico municipality, in northwestern Bogota, Colombia, on Dec. 5, 2022. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images

BOGOTA—At least 27 people died when a landslide buried a bus in Colombia’s northwest on Sunday, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said.

The landslide, caused by strong rains, hit the vehicle between the villages of Pueblo Rico and Santa Cecilia in Risaralda Province, about 230km (140 miles) from the capital Bogota.