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The entity reported that after 4 hours of work, the specialists managed to remove the workers from an underground gold mine in the south of the department.
The work of the agencies, which arrived by air, allowed everyone to get out alive and that is why he described as “successful” the rescue that took place in the village of Pueblito Mejía, in the municipality of Barranco de Loba.
Around 2:00 in the afternoon the incident had become known, and around 5:40 in the afternoon of this Wednesday the rescuers managed to remove the material 180 meters underground and took the miners to the surface.
During the operation, added Blu Radio, “the miners were supplied with air through a hose” and, once the “complicated extraction process” was completed, they were transferred to different healthcare centers to be evaluated by specialists.
RCN Radio broadcast these images of the moments after the rescue:
#Exlusive from @RCNcartagena moment in which the 14 miners were demure, after being trapped in a mine in the south of Bolívar. Authorities worked for more than four hours. Fortunately everyone was unharmed @GobDeBolivar @IvanDuque pic.twitter.com/YqCcaJ4uVC
– RCN Radio Cartagena (@RCNcartagena) November 11, 2020
According to the National Mining Agency, other miners in the area, the Civil Defense, the National Army and the mayors of Barranco de Loba and San Martín collaborated in the operation.
For his part, President Iván Duque, confirmed the news and thanked the work of the rescuers in Bolívar:
Very happy for the rescue of 14 miners who were trapped in a mine in the rural area of Barranco de Loba in Bolívar. We know that they are in good health and I thank relief agencies, the #Public force Y @ANMColombia for your excellent work. #PreventionAction pic.twitter.com/eVm5cpb1I8
– Iván Duque 🇨🇴 (@IvanDuque) November 11, 2020
In the same vein, the mayor of Barranco de Loba, Manuel Ramos, spoke:
Thank God the 14 miners who had been trapped in a “fogaje mine” in the township of Pueblito Mejía, have already been rescued alive, here confirmed by the mayor of Barranco de Loba Bolivar, Manuel Esteban Ramos Bayter pic.twitter.com/tmrsZXQnJ9
– José Rada 🇨🇴 (@JoseRadaRoldan) November 11, 2020
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