section_path: Reactions/Domestic
section_name: Domestic
paragraph_text: Domestic
  
  President Bernardo Arévalo declared three days of national mourning and deployed the Guatemalan army along with the disaster agency to provide response efforts.
  
  President of the Congress of Guatemala Nery Ramos lamented that "more than four dozen Guatemalans lost their lives in search of daily sustenance".
  
  During an interview on TV Azteca Guate, deputy César Dávila stressed that a proposal to support victims' families was submitted at a meeting with parliamentary group leaders of the Congress. He also pointed out that they have discussed updating the traffic code, in force since 1996, to improve road safety and hold carriers responsible.
  
  Father Rigoberto Pérez, a vicar in Guatemala City and a longtime communications officer in the Guatemalan Catholic Church, stated the tragedy revealed the risks and disorganization that many Guatemalan workers face everyday.