10:31 p.m. ET, March 26, 2024
2 of the missing construction workers from bridge collapse were from Guatemala, foreign ministry says
From CNN’s Allison Gordon, Flora Charner and Amy Simonson
Two of the construction workers missing from the bridge collapse in Baltimore were from Guatemala, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement late Tuesday.
Those missing included a 26-year-old originally from San Luis, Petén. The other is a 35-year-old from Camotán, Chiquimula, the statement said.
The ministry said both were part of a work team “repairing the asphalt on the bridge at the time of the accident.”
The statement did not name the two people missing, but it said the country’s consul general in Maryland “went to the area where the families of those affected are located,” where he hopes to be able to meet with the brothers of both missing people.
The consulate also issued a statement Tuesday saying its consul general in Maryland "remains in contact with local authorities," and also confirmed that two of those missing "were of Guatemalan origin.”
Six people, who were believed to be part of a road construction crew, are
presumed dead after Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge
collapsed early Tuesday morning when a cargo ship hit the bridge's pillar.
State and federal officials have not released information about the identities of any of the six missing workers.