Venezuelans among dead in Nicaragua bus crash

At least 16 people were killed in a bus crash in northwestern Nicaragua, including 13 Venezuelans, National Police said on Thursday. A Nicaraguan citizen was also among the dead and the other two fatalities had not yet been identified, according to a police statement.

The accident occurred on the Pan-American Highway, about 100 miles north of the capital, Managua. Police said the bus was speeding and collided with two other vehicles before going off the road and down a steep hill. The aged bus came to rest on its roof at the bottom of the embankment below a flattened guardrail. The police did not say what status the Venezuelans had in Nicaragua.

Venezuelans have been migrating through Central America in growing numbers since Mexico imposed a visa requirement on them in late January.