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Mexican president urges step up efforts to rescue trapped miners

Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday that he had stepped up to save 10 workers trapped in a flooded mine as he went to see rescue efforts in person. Called for Efforts

Relatives of the Missing Four days after a mine flooded in northern Coahuila, they grew increasingly desperate and feared they would not have time to bring them back to life. rice field.

Approximately 400 soldiers and other personnel, including six military scuba divers, participated in the rescue operation, but it was so far too dangerous to enter the mine, said the authorities.

"We have to do everything we've ever done," Lopez Obrador said during a visit to the Aguzita site to find the missing miners. told reporters.

"Please do it as soon as possible," he added.

Mexican soldiers and rescue dogs are seen at the flooded coal mine where 10 miners have been trapped since Wednesday after a collapse, in the community of Agujita, Sabinas Municipality, Coahuila State, Mexico, on August 7, 2022.
Mexican soldiers and rescue dogs seen in a flooded mine. Miners have been trapped since Wednesday after a collapse in the community of Aguzita, Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico, Aug. 7, 2022.

Pump water out of the mine so that it can be safely descended into a shaft 60 meters deep.

Coahuila Governor Miguel Ángel Riquelme said: "We are making progress. Water levels continue to drop. More volumes continue to be extracted."

Rescuers were ready to enter the mine "as soon as the level dropped," he added.

Five workers were able to escape the poorly constructed mine in the initial aftermath of the catastrophe, but no survivors have been found since.

Authorities said the miners encountered an adjacent water-filled area while conducting excavation operations.

The Attorney General's Office said on Sunday it had asked the Labor Department to provide information about safety inspections conducted at mines in the area to determine the cause of the accident.

Around-the-clock efforts

Lopez Obrador had previously declared Saturday to be the "decisive day" of operations.

But by the end of the day, the water in the mine had receded only about 9.5 meters from his initial 34 meters, officials told relatives.

Liliana Torres, the niece of one of her missing workers, said she witnessed the relentlessness of the rescue team that "won't stop all day," but her family has She added that she was becoming more and more "desperate".

Some families attended Mass near the improv camp in Aguzita's community to pray for the safe return of their loved ones.

Water seen flowing through drains from the mine had previously lifted the hopes of relatives praying that the miners lived in pockets of air.

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"There is too much water, but I hope they are in a higher place [in the mine]...but we trust God," said mother-in-law Elva Hernandez. Told. One of the trapped workers told her AFP.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (C) visits the flooded coal mine where 10 miners have been trapped since Wednesday after a collapse, in the community of Agujita, Sabinas Municipality, Coahuila State, Mexico, on August 7, 2022.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (C) A visit to a flooded coal mine August 7, 2022 In the community of Aguzita, Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico, 10 miners have been trapped since Wednesday after a collapse.

Coahuila prosecutors said they had questioned five workers who escaped from the mine.

"Apparently they were displaced by the torrent," Coahuila Attorney General Gerardo Marquez told reporters.

He added that his office had asked landowners and mining rights holders for information but refused to name them.

Coahuila's labor secretary. Nazira Zogbi said on Saturday that experts had discovered a leak from a nearby mine and were trying to find the exact spot to stop the water from flowing into the area where workers were stranded.

A French company provided equipment to assist in the work, she said, but did not name the company.

Latest Series of Accidents

Coahuila, Mexico's major coal-producing region, has seen a series of fatal mining accidents over the years.

Seven miners died after being trapped in the area last year.

The worst accident was the explosion at the Pasta de Conchos mine in 2006 that claimed 65 of his lives.

Only two of his bodies were recovered after this tragedy.