Bolivia landslide buries 400 homes

A landslide buried hundreds of homes in a mining town in northern Bolivia today, and officials said large number of residents were missing,

Mon, 31 Mar, 2003 - 20:15

A landslide buried hundreds of homes in a mining town in northern Bolivia today, and officials said large number of residents were missing,

“There has been a landslide in the town of Chima and we have been informed that some 400 houses have been buried,” said La Paz governor Mateo Laura.

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