On 26 November 2021, a bus crashed on the Joquicingo-Malinalco highway in Central Mexico, killing at least 19 people. A bus carrying

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

pilgrim A pilgrim (from the Latin ''peregrinus'') is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) who is on Pilgrimage, a journey to a holy place. Typically, this is a physical journey (often on foot) to some place of special significance to the a ...

s was travelling on a highway on route to a religious shrine when it crashed into a house.

Events

The bus was reportedly carrying Roman Catholic pilgrims, traveling from

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to the Chalma temple, a religious site in Chalma. The site is popular among Christians who pilgrimage there for 12 December, the day of the

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. The crash happened in the small town of San José el Guarda near the municipality of

Joquicingo Joquicingo is a municipality in Mexico State in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south an ...

. Six people who were severely injured were flown to a hospital in

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. Witnesses said that the brakes of the bus failed, and the bus left the road crashing into a house.

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Assistant state interior secretary Ricardo de la Cruz Musalem said that the injured had been airlifted to local hospitals and an investigation is underway.

President of Mexico The president of Mexico ( es, link=no, Presidente de México), officially the president of the United Mexican States ( es, link=no, Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico. Under the Co ...

Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mexico ...

interrupted a speech to confirm the tragedy.

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Alfredo del Mazo Maza Alfredo del Mazo Maza (born 5 December 1975) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and was sworn as the current Governor of the State of Mexico. Members of del Mazo's family have collectively governed ...

said that he regretted the accident. He spoke of helping those injured and providing care to the families of the deceased.

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