Monday, February 20, 2006

65 Miners Trapped in Mexico

Mexico endures a mining catastrophe reminiscent of that in US which occurred just over a month ago, except instead of a dozen men trapped, there are an estimated 65. In San Juan de las Sabanas (located in the norther state of Coahuila), miners became trapped in the tunnel at approximately 2:30 am Sunday morning after a methane gas explosion. This morning, hope was dwindling as officials reported were still unable to excavate the collapsed tunnels leading to the men.

Read the full article here.

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