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Five miners lost their lives as a result of a collapse in one of the largest deposits in the Andean region of Potosí, southwestern Bolivia, the police confirmed that until this Saturday they identified only two of the deceased.
Bolivian mine landslide leaves 5 dead
Five men died after being buried alive by a landslide at the state-owned Amayapampa gold mine in Potosí, Bolivia. The victims, who were not regular employees, had official permits to extract residual ore.
Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Five artisanal miners were crushed to death Friday by a collapse inside a gold mine in the Potosí region of southwestern Bolivia, where such accidents are common, police said. As of Friday afternoon, police had recovered the bodies of the five miners, aged between 23 and 25, said the commander of that region, Colonel Fernando Barrientos. He added that only two of the deceased had been identified so far. Th…
The incident occurred on Saturday in the Amayapampa mine, in the city of Chayanta, about 300 kilometers from the city of Potosí, according to a police report quoted by the Ephe. The five miners did not work in the mine of Amayapapa, but had permission to look for gold under the tradition "Pakumba", where the girppo is allowed on July 31 and August 01 each year. In March, five other miners died and two were injured after a mine in a mine in the t…
The victims of the accident, which occurred on Friday at the Amayapampa mine, were found buried under a slope of land.
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