Latin American Herald Tribune
written by Staff
Monday July 13, 2010
TEGUCIGALPA – At least two people died Monday in the central region of Honduras and another two are missing as a result of the torrential rains, authorities said.
The fatalities were a boy of 15, who was buried under a mudslide in a poor suburb during a downpour that drenched Tegucigalpa, and a man who drowned trying to cross a stream in a mountainous sector of the surrounding province of Francisco Morazan.
The teen was identified as Christopher Galvez, who was asleep when the mudslide hit sometime around 5:30 a.m. in the suburb of Rafael Leonardo Callejas.
His body was recovered shortly afterwards by firefighters, who managed to rescue Christopher’s 11-year-old brother alive.
The body of Jose Efrain Zeron, 48, was recovered by first responders on Azacualpa mountain. Zeron tried to cross a stream on horseback, but was swept away by the waters.
The two missing people were attempting to cross the Coluteca River, whose current swept them away in the Cofradia area, spokespersons of the police and firefighters told reporters.
The heavy rains that hit the Honduran capital early Monday morning were ushered in by a tropical depression, according to the National Meteorological Service. EFE
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