Mexico: Rising water level in mine makes rescue of 10 miners more difficult

Increase water level in mine shafts Sabinas PinabeteCoahuila, northern Mexico, where 10 miners have been trapped for 11 days, has made it difficult for workers to enter and rescue, authorities said this Sunday, who are already working on a plan to stop it.

In a statement National Civil Protection Coordination (CNPC) The Secretariat for the Security and Protection of Citizens (SSPC) reported this Sunday that “the water level in the second, third and fourth wells of the El Pinabete mine has risen by more than 10 meters over the past few hours.”

Reducing the water level inside a coal mine the main objective authorities to try to rescue 10 workers who have been trapped since 3 August.

Faced with this scenario, the Mexican Geological Survey of the Ministry of Economy and Mimosa developed strategy prevent their further growth and create conditions for the rescue of miners.

Rescue work continues

Meanwhile, the head of CNPC, Laura Velasquezrelatives of the miners who are working to rescue them said after they called for foreign rescuers to intervene on Saturday and would criticize slowness Mexican specialists in rescue work.

“What to native let them know that we are not going to abandon them, nor them, nor the trapped miners. We share the suffering they are experiencing and we know that we spare no resources to achieve goalVelasquez said.

He stressed that the civil protection system in Mexico is one of the most experienced in the world, due to the fact that the country is one of the most vulnerable to natural phenomena.

In addition, he asked relatives “to have confidence that we have the necessary knowledge and emergency response tools.

Velazquez explained that in the El Pinabet mine they collide “emergency conditions” due to the connection from the south to the Conchas Norte mine, which was abandoned about 30 years ago.

“During this period, he has accumulated a very large volume, and this will be determined when additional information is available,” he said.

According to records, the Conchas Norte mine it is 100 times bigger than El Pinabetsince it is 1.8 ha and Conchas Norte is 180 ha.

They ask for help from foreign rescuers

On Saturday, when the miners were trapped for 10 days, their relatives at a press conference near the mine asked for help and intervention from foreign rescuers and criticized the actions of Mexican specialists.

Relatives said they were “desperate because of the slowness of rescue maneuvers.”

“If they can’t we want help from the other side (foreigner)”, – said one of the wives of the miners, who also demanded a new appearance on the site of the President of Mexico.Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

This Sunday, the Mexican Catholic Church called on the mining industry to guarantee the necessary safety measures and dignity for the miners, who it says are part of the forgotten workers in this country.

“We are accustomed not to demand the name and dignity of those brothers who work in the mines and in other professions that we usually ignore,” the Archdiocese of Mexico said that day in an editorial for the weekly Desde la fe.

The collapse has re-ignited controversy in Mexico over the actions of mining companies in a coal region where more than 100 mining deaths have been recorded, according to the Pasta de Conchos family, which brings together relatives of those killed in the 2006 Collapse at a mine of that name. (EFE)