The landslide took place in Quetame, a rural municipality in Cundinamarca province, destroying all in its path and leading to the closure of a major highway, Civil Defense operational director Ricardo Coronado said in a phone interview.
"So far we have recovered 12 bodies, with two children among the fatalities," Coronado said, Reuters reported.
Rescuer teams from the Civil Defense, the Red Cross, firefighters, and members of the military continue to search for the missing among the mud and rubble.
The country's most recent large landslide killed over 320 people in the city of Mocoa, in Putumayo province, in 2017.
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