A rain-sodden hillside gave way and buried several houses in a rural Guatemalan town, killing at least 19 people, officials said Thursday. «Sadly, we believe that there are more dead and injured,» said Benedicto Giron, spokesman for the national disaster-response agency. Rescuers already had counted 40 injured in addition to the 19 dead, AP reported. The landslide occurred Wednesday night in San Antonio Senahu, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) northeast of the capital. President Oscar Berger cancelled all other commitments on Thursday to fly to the scene of the disaster, according to his office. A May 2000 mudslide in Senahu buried 21 houses and killed 13 people.
