At least 12 people, including three children, died Monday (December 1, 2025) when a landslide sank two boats docked at a river port in central Peru, with dozens of others missing, officials said.
The landslide submerged two vessels at the port of Iparia in the Amazon jungle region of Ucayali, according to a police report cited by the Andina news agency.
The number of people on board has not been confirmed, but the COEN national emergency operations center said there were about 50 passengers on one and none on the second.
Navy captain Jonathan Novoa told AFP by telephone that nine bodies had been recovered, while 25 people were reported injured and possibly “40 missing.”
Authorities were working with families gathered at the scene of the disaster to try to determine exactly how many people still need to be located.
