Death Toll In Quake
Rises to 21
The official death toll
from Costa Rica's
magnitude-6.2 earthquake
on Thursday has risen to
21 after more bodies
were found.
The Organismo de
Investigacion Judicial (OIJ)
- the judicial
investigative agency -
says the death toll
stands at 21 after three
more bodies were found.
Two were farm workers
and one was of a 18 year
old girl who worked as a
waitress in the area.
The quake rocked the
country on Thursday,
unleashing massive
landslides and
destroying homes in a
mountainous, remote
region popular with
tourists and farmers.
Fifteen of the victims
have been identified.
President Oscar Arias
visited a tent camp in
Lagunilla de Fraijanes
Tuesday that houses some
of the estimated 2,000
victims whose homes were
damaged or destroyed. |
