At leas꧂t 16 people were killed 🍌in a bus crash in northwest Nicaragua, including 13 Venezuelans, National Police said Thursday.
A Nicaraguan citizen was also among the dead and the other two f🧸atalities had not yet been identified, according to a police statement.
T💜he accident occurred late Wednesday on the P𒈔an-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 pol𒈔ice did not say what status the Venezuelans had in Nicaragua.
Venezuelans have𝕴 been migrating through Central✱ America in growing numbers since Mexico imposed a visa requirement on them in late January. Previously those trying to reach the US would fly to Mexico as tourists and then make their way north.
