Tragedy in Mexico: At least 6 dead after downpours cause landslide in Naucalpan

At least six people lost their lives and three others were injured after a landslide and rocks caused by heavy rains in a town on the outskirts of the Mexican capital.

The incident took place this Monday around 9:00 p.m. in La Raquelito, a small neighborhood in Naucalpan, according to the Mexican government.

Apparently, the water washed away the side of a hill and affected a private home and a school, the Emiliano Zapata Primary School, the government added in its statement.

The six victims, who allegedly belonged to the same family, lived in a cardboard and sheet metal cabin on the slope of the mountain that could not withstand the displacement of earth.

The Secretariat of Security and Civil Protection confirmed that among the deceased were four men and two women, still unidentified, who could not escape when mud, water and rocks fell on the house. Three other people who were injured were taken to a state hospital.

The landslide occurred three days after a similar event was recorded in the municipality of Jiliotzingo in the State of Mexico, where nine people died.

Among the victims was a three-month-old baby who was found dead. Three more people, a 10-year-old boy, a 12-year-old boy and a 34-year-old woman were rescued alive from the earth and later transferred to a hospital for treatment.

Several homes were affected. The authorities had to evacuate more than a hundred people for fear of more collapses.