The politician shared videos showing the moment in which the military remove wooden piles from inside shaft 4 of the mine where the accident occurred last week.
Civil Protection reported that the task force deployed today for the rescue includes 557 elements, 25 pumps, 11 electric generators, eight lighting towers, six drills, the underwater drone, 70 vehicles, six ambulances and three transformers.
Governor Miguel Riquelme said that he and his team toured the mining complex to monitor progress and the operation of the pumping equipment.
It has been possible to increase the capacity of water extraction in the wells, detailed the president.
Elements of the Mexican Army, National Guard, Civil Protection, personnel from the Coahuila Labor Secretariat, Conagua, CFE, Government Secretariat, DIF Coahuila, city council and expert rescuers from the Carboniferous Region continue to work in coordination, the official explained.
The rescue of the 10 miners who are trapped in the “El Pinabete” mine, in Sabinas, Coahuila, will make significant progress in the middle of this week, reported Luis Cresencio Sandoval, Secretary of National Defense.
This Monday, five days after the collapse of the mine, the secretary specified that the amount of water inside the wells has been decreasing.
On August 3, the day of the accident, the level was higher than 30 meters, however well one today has 21.4 meters of water, well two 17.3 meters and well three 19.4 meters of water. It will be just through well three through which the rescuers are expected to enter.
According to the Civil Protection coordinator, Laura Velázquez, in the last 24 hours an extraction of 25,400 cubic meters of water was reported and since August 3, a total of 70,794 cubic meters have been extracted.
-With information from Lidia Arista.
