In a devastating turn of events, at least 18 people, including ten children, have been reported missing after heavy rains caused a sewage-polluted river to surge and sweep away fragile homes in the Guatemalan capital. The tragic incident unfolded on Monday, leaving a community in Guatemala City in shock and mourning.
The catastrophe occurred when a tributary of the Las Vacas river surged, engulfing six homes in an informal settlement located under a bridge in the heart of Guatemala City. Rodolfo Garcia, spokesperson for the Conred disaster relief agency, provided details, stating that despite a municipal ban, hundreds of indigent people had established homes primarily constructed from zinc sheets along the banks of the tributary, which contained residential wastewater from the capital’s sewage system.
