Laura Velázquez, national coordinator of Civil Protection Mexico, confirmed this Thursday that at least miners are trapped, 5 are injured, and 3 were treated after the collapse in a coal mine in the municipality of Sabinas, in the state of Coahuila, in the north of the country.
“ miners remain trapped, 5 were injured and at the moment only 3 are being treated at a clinic of the Mexican Institute of Social Security”, informed Velázquez at a press conference.
“ The accident occurred when the workers, in the development of their excavation activities, ran into an adjoining area full of water, which when it collapsed caused a flood, trapping a group of miners,” he explained via Twitter.
This Wednesday, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, reported on the same social network that a collapse had been registered in a coal mine in the municipality of Sabinas , Coahuila, “which caused a sinkhole to flood where, apparently, 9 miners were trapped.”
Later the Civil Protection authorities confirmed that they were 10 the people who were involved in the event.
The president said this Thursday morning during his customary morning press conference that the Army’s emergency plan known as DN-III was implemented at the site, “and work is being done in coordination with local authorities, municipalities, the state government and the federal government.
Likewise, the authorities explained that, during the rescue operation, a total of 230 elements, 4 canine pairs, 6 special forces divers and 2 urban ambulances , collaborated.