The President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorreported this Sunday that he will go to supervise the rescue work of the 10 miners who were trapped on Wednesday in a well in the Las Agujitas community in Sabinas, Coahuila, northern Mexico, where authorities have redoubled efforts to get the workers out. .
I’m going there, I’m going there (…) I’m going to see how the rescue is going,” the president told local media after presenting the IMSS Well-being Health Plan in Colima.
Prior to the event, Lopez Obrador He had said that they are “hopeful” that the trapped miners can soon be rescued.
“We are going to remain hopeful, trusting that they are safe, and that with everything we have been doing they can already enter,” he asserted.
The National Civil Protection Coordination (CNPC) He indicated that on Saturday a camera was introduced in pit 4 to evaluate the conditions of the mine and thus give a broader picture in order to carry out a rescue plan.
In addition, he stressed that the three levels of government continue to work in coordination on the rescue, but also to attend to the families of the miners who, since the accident occurred, have waited outside the mine awaiting information.
“More than 200 public servants work in shifts to cover 24 hours a day with medical, psychological, food, services, accompaniment and support to meet basic needs, information and coordinating actions to achieve the greatest possible well-being of families. of the trapped miners,” the agency said in a statement.
The miners have been incommunicado since Wednesday at 1:35 p.m. local time (6:35 p.m. GMT), when Sabinas residents reported the collapse of a coal mine in the Las Conchas community, in the Agujita area, where at least 383 team members are. rescue, between military and civilians.
Until now, the Mexican authorities have not reported on the progress of the rescue or if the miners are still alive, although the state governor, Michael Riquelmerecognized on Saturday that “time eats us.”
On Friday, López Obrador promised that his government will “work until we rescue” the ten miners.
The collapse of the mine, from which only five miners managed to escape although they were injured, recalls the tragic accidents that have occurred in Mexico in recent years.
According to the Pasta de Conchos Family, which brings together relatives of miners who died in the 2006 collapse, also in Coahuila, there have been more than 100 deaths of people dedicated to mining in this coal zone since then.
The most recent accident in a mine occurred in June 2021, in the municipality of Múzquiz, Coahuila, when a flood caused the roof and walls of the mine to rupture, causing the site to collapse, inside which seven miners were trapped. who lost their lives.