The prime suspect in the massacre of 11 members of a Mexican family is an alleged rapist seeking revenge against a victim who landed him in jail.

Mexican soldiers and rescue workers today recovered 24 bodies from a bus buried in a landslide but held out little hope of finding survivors.

RESCUERS digging through mud and rocks have recovered at least 24 bodies from a bus buried on a rural Mexican road after a mountainside gave way, officials said yesterday.