3 dead, 5 missing after cargo ship capsizes in Nicaragua
Three people were killed and another five missing when a small cargo ship capsized in Escondido River in Nicaragua, an official from Nicaragua's Red Cross confirmed on Friday.

The cargo ship with 19 passengers, eight sailors and 32 tons of cargoes on board sank off the Escondido River on midnight Thursday when it left Rama port, 300 km east of the capital city of Managua, for Caribbean coastland.

An official from Red Cross in Rama who gave his name as Cortez said that eight sailors and 11 passengers had been rescued by Friday night.

According to initial investigations, he said, the ship wreck was caused by overload and mechanical failures.

Search is still underway to find the five missing, but Cortez was afraid that some of them might have already died.