Mexico's Defense Department says the bodies of four more soldiers killed in a mudslide in the southern state of Guerrero have been found, raising the death toll to six.
The department says in a statement that the search continues for two missing soldiers, in addition to the six found so far. The first two bodies were recovered when the slide occurred Saturday.
A seventh soldier is hospitalized.
Mud, rocks and branches swept over nine soldiers early Saturday morning in the community of El Carrizal, part of the San Miguel Totolapan township.
Mexico maintains a large military presence in the region to combat organized crime groups and eradicate opium poppy cultivation.
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