<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">At least 18 Mexican tourists died and two dozen were injured when their tourist bus plunged into a ravine in the western state of Nayarit, a local official told AFP on Sunday.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The bus, from a private company, was transporting tourists on a 220-kilometer (136-mile) journey from Guadalajara in the neighboring state of Jalisco to the beach destination of Guayabitos in Nayarit when it went off the road, according to civil protection official Pedro Nunez.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The cause of the accident late Saturday was not known.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">All the passengers were Mexican nationals, said Nunez. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>