Fatal landslide strikes homes

Rescuers searched for victims of a landslide that unleashed tons of huge boulders into a hillside neighborhood outside Mexico City, killing at least one person and leaving 10 others missing.

The operation was complicated by the sheer size of the rocks that cleaved from the peak known as Chiquihuite on Friday. The narrow paths of the neighborhood were largely inaccessible to heavy machinery and the worrisome instability of the exposed mountain face loomed above.

The landslide in Tlalnepantla followed days of heavy rain in central Mexico and a 7.0-magnitude earthquake Tuesday in Acapulco that swayed buildings 200 miles away in the capital. Mexico state Gov. Alfredo del Mazo said both factors likely contributed to the slide.