Newly formed Hurricane Raymond swirled towards Mexico’s southern Pacific coast today, an area already devastated by rains and mudslides from Tropical Storm Manuel last month.

A massive wave of mud and water swept through a Mexican village, leaving up to 16 people missing and feared dead after heavy rainfalls caused a hillside to collapse into a river, officials said.

Two pilots detained as they awaited a shipment of cocaine from Venezuela are employees of Mexico’s federal water commission, local media quoted officials as saying today.