A shocking video shows garbage rushing down a river in Chimaltenango, Guatemala.
The video shows a horrified group of onlookers observing the free-flowing trash polluting the river.
The river is located in San Andrés Itzapa, a municipality of Chimaltenango in southeastern Guatemala.
The caption on the video says: ‘This is a collateral damage that these communities are used to live.’
‘Because of the irresponsibility of the people of San Andrés Itzapa, as they deposit the garbage in clandestine places, and when the rainy season comes the trash goes down to all these sectors,’ it continues.
In 2015, La Pasión River was contaminated with pesticides and caused an ecological disaster that affected 23 fish species.
Locals also depended on the river for drinking water.