Peru landslide sinks boats in Amazon region river, killing 12

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At least 12 people have died and 20 more were left injured after a landslide in Peru's Amazon region sunk two boats on the Ucayali river, local health authorities said on Monday.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mrx3he4s  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00At least 12 people were killed, and 20 were injured when a landslide in Peru's Amazon

00:07region sank two boats on the Ucayali River early Monday.

00:12Local health authority Dereza Ucayali said two people are still missing after the 4.20

00:16AM landslide struck a port area in Aparia, hitting two riverside passenger boats.

00:23State news agency Andina reported that police and navy units were deployed by helicopter

00:27to assist rescue efforts.

00:30One vessel, Rapido Oriente, was completely submerged, while the other, Deo Rigo, was severely

00:36damaged.

00:37The Deo Rigo, which had stopped in Aparia to let passengers disembark, was carrying teachers,

00:43doctors, and other travelers from a nearby indigenous community.

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