Posted on 09/28/2010 7:21:17 AM PDT by facedodge
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A hillside collapsed on a rural Mexican community on Tuesday and hundreds of people are feared dead, the region's governor said.
Oaxaca state Gov. Ulises Ruiz told the Televisa television network that the early morning landslide in the town Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec buried 100 to 300 houses and speculated that 500 to 1,000 people could be dead. He said rescuers are having a hard time reaching the area.
Ruiz said the landslide followed days of rain in the Sierra Juarez region.
Rescuers were flying in from Mexico City and emergency personnel have been sent to the town about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Oaxaca city.
"There has been lots of rain, rivers have overflowed and we're having a hard time reaching the area because there are landslides on the roads," he said.
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not to dimiinish the tradgedy but how much money in aid is Mexico going to demand from us?
That is a valid question.
What did I hear, when I was in Oaxaca? Something like 25 Indian languages are spoken in the outlying hills outside of town. The Mexican government is not especially fond of their Indian lower classes.
Mexico is a lot closer to a mosaic of different people then most places.
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