Fatal landslide strikes by Peru historical site

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Heavy rains triggered mudslides near the famed Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in southern Peru, killing at least six people. Eleven others were missing and feared dead.
Some 400 tourists were stranded Saturday when the mudslides buried a rail line and destroyed seven houses in the town of Aguas Calientes, below the citadel. The rail line is the only route in or out of the town.
President Alejandro Toledo was at Machu Picchu, about 300 miles southeast of the capital, Lima, when the mudslide hit and was coordinating rescue efforts, a Government Palace communiqu & eacute; said.
"I have given urgent instructions to repair the rail line to re-establish transit," Toledo told Radioprogramas radio. "I know that we cannot give back life, but we will do everything at least to recover the bodies."
Hector Oivera, a town councilman, told radio reporters later that six bodies had been recovered and that some 1,000 to 1,500 feet of rail track was buried.
At the time, Toledo was in the area acting as a tour guide for the Discovery Travel Channel, which is filming a special on Peru.