Few victims of Guatemalan landslide found

A lorry sits partially buried in a rain-fuelled landslide in the village of Queja, in Guatemala (Esteban Biba/Pool Photo/AP)
A lorry sits partially buried in a rain-fuelled landslide in the village of Queja, in Guatemala (Esteban Biba/Pool Photo/AP)

Rescuers have recovered only a handful out of more than 100 people believed to be buried in the central Guatemalan community of Queja, days after a landslide buried half the town.

The location is so remote and the conditions so perilous that Queja could become the latest in a string of Guatemalan disaster sites that become the final resting places of their victims.

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