Bodies of Bolivian bus crash victims return home

Tearful scenes as the bodies of the Bolivians killed in a bus crash in Chile are returned home.

Survivors of the crash and families of the victims also boarded the aircraft weeping and grieving for the dead.

Chilean authorities say this Bolivian bus overturned on the outskirts of Arica on Friday, close to its final destination.

At least 10 passengers were killed and more than 30 were injured.

Many were still in hospital in Chile and visited by the Bolivian Deputy Interior Minister Jorge Perez.

(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BOLIVIAN DEPUTY INTERIOR MINISTER, JORGE PEREZ, SAYING:

"It is sad to see our dead Bolivian brothers and their bodies being loaded to the Hercules plane which brother Evo Morales has made available for this rescue mission for our dead and injured compatriots and their families."

When the plane arrived back in Bolivia, the coffins were brought out for waiting families to take home.