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Guatemala Volcano Toll Reaches 99, As Officials Point Fingers Over Evacuation

Rescue workers faced toxic gases as they tried to recover bodies. Meanwhile, opposition politicians accused government agencies of not doing enough to warn about Sunday's eruption.
Municipal firefighters search for victims in the ash-covered village of San Miguel Los Lotes, in Escuintla Department, about 20 miles southwest of Guatemala City, on Wednesday.

Guatemala's opposition is accusing the head of the country's emergency response agency of failing to heed warnings ahead of the eruption of a volcano that has left nearly 100 dead and almost 200 others missing.

The finger-pointing came as

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