On Wednesday or Thursday you can enter divers and technicians at the mine where 10 miners are trapped in Sabinas, Coahuila, reported President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

After yesterday there were no conditions for the entry of rescue personnel, the president indicated that it is expected that between tomorrow and the day after the water level will be one and a half meters , and with them the entrance to the mine will be realized.

In a morning lecture, he indicated that in well 3 there are still 16.4 meters of water to be drawn; in the relief shaft, 27.3 meters; in pit 2, 11.3 meters are missing and in pit 1, 10.4 meters.

“If progress continues, we can already think that tomorrow or the day after tomorrow the water depth will be one and a half meters and divers and rescuers will be able to enter, that is, explain what is happening in the mine,” he commented. .

The National Civil Protection Coordinator, Laura Velázquez, explained that this Monday there were no conditions for the entry of the rescue forces; indicated that an underwater drone was used to determine entry.

“Contact has been made with the water table and the following is determined: there are no conditions for the entry of search and rescue bodies yesterday. A large number of solid elements and turbulence were observed, the equipment will later make it possible to record on video the state of the galleries and shafts, once the mine struts have been reduced,” he said. .

He added that today the pumping of each of the drilled wells and sumps will continue.

Regarding the rescue of the 10 miners from Coahuila, Laura Velázquez, head of @CNPC_MXstresses that yesterday there were no conditions for the entry of relief forces.

Water pumping work is continuing and it is expected that tomorrow or the day after tomorrow divers and rescuers will be able to enter. pic.twitter.com/vUBQxfDcCb

— Political Animal (@Pajaropolitico) August 9, 2022

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trapped miners

On Wednesday August 3, it was reported that a group of miners were trapped in a coalafter a landslide was recorded in Sabinas, Coahuila, which was caused by a flood.

The collapse left 10 miners trapped and 5 injured.

On Sunday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador visited the area where the miners were trapped, in one of the coal pits in Sabinas, Coahuila.

During his tour, relatives of the miners asked him about the delay in the rescue, to which the president assured that they were working on it.

In the mining pits of the municipality of Sabinas, Coahuila, like the one that was flooded and where 10 workers were trapped, coal is extracted that reaches the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), but not by direct purchase, but by proxies and sale to companies registered as suppliers of this public company.

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Miguel Riquelme, Governor of Coahuila, assured that the well where the accident occurred is in the name of Cristian Solís Arriaga, but that generally these wells are conceded, leased and that there are different situations that must be studied.

In Mexico, according to records of civil organizations, 3,103 people died in coal mines in 310 accidents.