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Rescuers at work at the site of the landslide
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Handout picture released by Colombia's National Police press office showing rescuers woring in the site of a landslide in the sector El Ruso, Pueblo Rico municipality, in northwestern Bogota, Colombia, on December 4, 2022. - Brigaders are trying to rescue 31 people who were buried under a landslide while travelling in a bus and a motorbike in an accident that also left five people injured and a minor dead, officials said. (Photo by Handout / COLOMBIA'S NATIONAL POLICE PRESS OFFICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO - COLOMBIA'S NATIONAL POLICE PRESS OFFICE " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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The accident also killed three people including a child and left five injured, officials said
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The site of the landslide in the Pueblo Rico municipality of north-western Bogota
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Twenty people were missing after the landslide
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Rescuers at work at the site of the landslide
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Handout picture released by Colombia's National Police press office showing rescuers woring in the site of a landslide in the sector El Ruso, Pueblo Rico municipality, in northwestern Bogota, Colombia, on December 4, 2022. - Brigaders are trying to rescue 31 people who were buried under a landslide while travelling in a bus and a motorbike in an accident that also left five people injured and a minor dead, officials said. (Photo by Handout / COLOMBIA'S NATIONAL POLICE PRESS OFFICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO - COLOMBIA'S NATIONAL POLICE PRESS OFFICE " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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The accident also killed three people including a child and left five injured, officials said
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The site of the landslide in the Pueblo Rico municipality of north-western Bogota
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Twenty people were missing after the landslide
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Rescuers at work at the site of the landslide
Colombia landslide leaves at least three dead and 20 missing
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The National
05 December, 2022
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