Nicaragua: 13 Costa Ricans killed when tourist boat capsizes
Posted January 23, 2016 6:00 am
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Nicaraguan authorities say a tourist boat carrying more than 30 people has capsized in bad weather off the country's Caribbean coast, killing 13 passengers.
Navy official Mario Berrios says the dead are all Costa Rican nationals who were traveling aboard the boat, the Reina del Caribe.
The vessel went down Saturday amid rain and strong winds as it was ferrying between the Corn Islands, a popular tourist destination off southeastern Nicaragua.
Berrios said there were 32 passengers on the boat: 25 Costa Ricans, four Americans and three Nicaraguans.
He added that most of the 13 dead were women. The other 19 passengers were rescued.
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