International Desk : At least 18 people have been killed and two dozen injured when a tourist bus plunged into a ravine in the western state of Nayarit, a local official said.

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According to civil protection official Pedro Nunez, The bus, from a private company, was transporting tourists on a 220-kilometer (136-mile) journey from Guadalajara in the neighboring state of Jalisco to the beach destination of Guayabitos in Nayarit when it went off the road.

Pedro Nunez also said the cause of the accident was not known. All the passengers were Mexican nationals.

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