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18th Anniversary of the Tragedy of the Malaga Bus

It marks the 18th anniversary of one of the most remembered tragedies in El Salvador’s recent history. On the night of July 3, 2008, a bus carrying 32 people from the Christian Mission Elim Church in Ilopango to Dolores Colony in San Salvador was dragged by the El Arenal River current during an intense storm caused by the passing of a tropical wave. The bus, identified with the message “Christ Coming Soon”, was caught when the level of the river…
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It marks the 18th anniversary of one of the most remembered tragedies in El Salvador’s recent history. On the night of July 3, 2008, a bus carrying 32 people from the Christian Mission Elim Church in Ilopango to Dolores Colony in San Salvador was dragged by the El Arenal River current during an intense storm caused by the passing of a tropical wave. The bus, identified with the message “Christ Coming Soon”, was caught when the level of the river…

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diariolahuella.com broke the news on Friday, July 3, 2026.
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