ALBAWABA At least 17 Mexican tourists died and 33 injured when their tourist bus crash into a ravine in the western state of Nayarit, local media reported on Sunday.
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The vehicle fell into a 15-meter-deep canyon Saturday night, killing 11 women and seven men onboard, while the injured were taken to three hospitals in the state, the Nayarit State Attorney General's Office said in a statement.
At least 18 Mexican tourists died and two dozen were injured when their tourist bus plunged into a ravine in the western state of Nayarit, a local official told AFP on Sunday.#ManilaBulletin https://t.co/lrHQwcR1bK
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Enrique Alfaro, governor of the state of Jalisco, confirmed that the tourist bus left Tlajomulco in central Jalisco, heading for Guayabitos, a beach destination in Nayarit, where the passengers would be vacationing.