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27 Trapped in Nicaraguan Mine
The number of people trapped inside a gold mine on Nicaragua’s northern Atlantic coast is 27 and not 24, as reported earlier, the government said Friday.
Rescue teams have established contact with 20 of the miners, government spokeswoman Rosario Murillo told official media.
“They told us about an hour ago that 20 of them (the miners) are at one spot and can communicate and ask for food and water,” she said.
The cave-in at the mine in the municipality of Bonanza was triggered by a landslide on nearby El Comal mountain.
Two miners managed to escape.
Rescue workers were still struggling to penetrate the mine, Gregorio Downs, spokesman for mining firm Hemco, told reporters.
President Daniel Ortega has overseen “all the actions, from the first minute, communicating with the rescue units,” according to Murillo, who is Nicaragua’s first lady.
Ortega has sought help from the governments of Chile, Mexico and Venezuela, “because of the experience those countries have in situations like this one,” Murillo said.
Hemco employees and government personnel are working to rescue the trapped men.
Published in Latino Daily News
Source: http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/latino-daily-news/details/27-trapped-in-nicaraguan-mine/30996#When:19:07:27Z
