Tourist bus in Oaxaca overturns; 8 dead and 26 wounded

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A tourist bus that departed from Puebla and headed for the beaches of Oaxaca had an accident early Friday morning after making a stopover in Juquila. In the incident, 8 people died and 26 were injured, including men, women, and children.

Through a statement, the state Ministry of the Interior (Segob) reported that “it will provide all the necessary support to the victims” after the unit in which they were traveling suffered a rollover at the height of the place called “El Carrizal”, of the Río Grande-Juquila, in Oaxaca.

The agency indicated that the instruction to help those affected was from Governor Miguel Barbosa Huerta, so the seriously injured will be transferred to Puebla by air ambulance.


The Ministry of the Interior indicated that eight people lost their lives in the fatal accident. Meanwhile, 18 people have already been transferred to the state of Puebla by land, which respond to the name of:

  • Carlos Huerta-Mena 
  • Salvador Huerta Marin 
  • Maria Isabel Marin Alonso 
  • Maria Guadalupe Huerta Marin 
  • Belen Perez Garcia
  • Esperanza Garcia Martinez
  • Guadalupe Barranco Carpio 
  • Jose Sergio de la Cruz 
  • Carlos Antonio Huerta Marin 
  • Nanci Joselin Romero Garcia 
  • Mareli Guadalupe Hernandez Garcia 
  • Brian Hernandez Garcia 
  • Cecilia Sebastian Ponce 
  • Osvaldo Garcia Ponce 
  • Isabel Ponce Tamayo 
  • Rebeca Guadalupe Munoz Ponce 
  • Dulce Yamilet Rodas Ponce, 6 years old 
  • Enrique Yael Muñoz Ponce, 2 years old

Added to the above lists are the people who remain hospitalized in the Community Hospital of Santa Catarina Juquila , in the state of Oaxaca: 

  • Ariel Rhodes Munoz, 9 years old 
  • Ricardo Antonio Rhodes Garcia, 34 years old 
  • Roman Perez Velasco, 51 years old 
  • Cecilia Ponce Tamayo, 55 years old

Also, given the seriousness of their injuries, four people were sent by air or land to hospitals in Oaxaca.

The Puebla government pointed out that there is a detained person due to the incident, who goes by the name of José Luis “N”, 70 years old and worked as a driver.

The Oaxaca Post