At least 33 people died early Wednesday, February 15, when a  bus carrying   66 migrants from Darién fell off a cliff in Gualaca, Chiriquí province.

Some 23 people were seriously injured, confirmed Edilberto Armuelles, chief of the firefighters in Chiriquí. 

Nine ambulances carried the injured to the Rafael Hernández Hospital in David.

Some 9 ambulances carried the injured to the Rafael Hernández Hospital in David.

The bus was heading for the Los Planes de Gualaca shelter when at around 4.30 a.m the driver missed the entrance and turned around to go back and collided with another vehicle and plunged into a ravine.