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GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A crowded bus plunged off a cliff into a deep ravine in Guatemala on Friday, killing 37 people and injuring 25, emergency workers said.

The bus was packed with people traveling to the village of Chiquimulilla in southern Guatemala when it skidded off the edge as it sped around a bend, said Mynor Rodas, a spokesman for the municipal fire department.

"It went straight into the ravine," Mynor said.

The injured were taken to nearby hospitals, he said.

In rural Guatemala, peasants often travel long distances on overcrowded, rickety school buses to work as day laborers on agricultural plantations. Fatal accidents are common on the dangerous, badly maintained roads. Read more

Federal prosecutors filed identity theft charges Friday against a woman who was driving a van that crashed into a school bus in southwestern Minnesota, killing four students. via WSVN-TV Miami Beach

The woman charged with causing the fatal school bus crash in southwestern Minnesota was pulled over by police a month before the accident on the same highway.

The woman charged with causing the fatal school bus crash in southwestern Minnesota was pulled over by police a month before the accident on the same highway, and in what appears to have been the same minivan. via Wcco.com

MINNEAPOLIS - The van driver who authorities said gave them a fake name following a fatal bus crash has been identified as a 24-year-old woman from Guatemala, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said ... via Argus Leader

Olga Marina Franco is from Guatemala according to Gail Montenegro, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Chicago. via Star Tribune

Home >> Medical & Health>> Feature Article The researches were conducted on four rural ommunities from Guatemala villages and they were given egetable protein mixture with micronutrients, the scientists said, ... via Jan Samachar

An angry mob in Guatemala that took about 30 police officers hostage on Friday offered to release the officers in exchange for talks with the government on legalizing their lands, a human rights official said. via Guardian Unlimited

“This project has really helped my family, because we needed money for food and clothing”

SOLOLA, Guatemala, Feb 18 - "Before forming part of the association, we were shut up in our houses. via Inter Press Service

Times Staff Writer challen.stephens@htimes.com Immigrant gets needed medicines to slow leukemia A 22-year-old Guatemalan mother of four who walked into the United States seven years ago without federal ... via The Mobile Register Online

Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. and Ormat Technologies Inc. announced today that NGP Blue Mountain I LLC has issued a US$20 million Limited Notice to Proceed under a fixed-price, date-certain engineering, ... via Earth Times

Guatemalan Director, Juan Manuel Méndez, was selected to participate in the first short film production for La Olla de Presión in the Festival Centroamericano de Video Joven.

Guatemala, Feb 5 Several social laws are Tuesday stagnated in the Republic of Guatemala's Congress, waiting for new deputies to review them before being approved. via Prensa Latina

“The needs of the country are enormous”

The small Central American country of Guatemala is receiving some much needed attention from the Alabama Baptist State Convention's Global Partnership program. via The Daily Sentinel

Havana, Jan 31 The Republic of Guatemala's Vice President Rafael Espada is to officially visit Cuba Thursday, invited by the island's government. via Prensa Latina