Rains Cause Landslide in East Mexico That Kills 13 Mud and sand slid off the side of a hill after days of heavy rains and swept over two homes, killing eight children and five adults in a town in eastern Mexico, authorities said Tuesday. Officials said two people were rescued alive from the buried houses in Veracruz state. Those killed included a woman, her five children ranging in age from 2 to 11, and her mother. A week-old baby, an 8-month-old boy and another child also were among the dead, civil defense official Ricardo Maza Limon said. The state civil defense department has not released the names of the latest victims.