According to the initial Civil Protection report, at least seven miners remain trapped in the flooded cylinders.
The mayor of the El Callao municipality, Coromoto Lugo, confirmed this Sunday morning the recovery of the seventh body from the cylinders that make up the Cuatro Esquinas mine, located in the Caratal sector of the town. The deposit was flooded on October 12, leaving 14 miners trapped in veins up to 40 meters deep.
The deceased so far have been identified as:
● Robert Custodio, from Guasipati
● Jonathan Ramírez, from Anaco, Anzoátegui state
● Manuel Belisario
● Felix Gilberto Romero
● David José Guevara
● José López, native of San Félix.
● Eduardo José Ramón Silva
This Sunday marked one week since the mine flooded after more than 6 hours of continuous rain, as Lugo explained to Correo del Caroní on the morning of October 13. According to reports, water entered the mining pits when the group was working and only two people were able to survive.
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The Cuatro Esquinas mine is made up of three cylinders between 40 and 50 meters deep. After rainfall, these pits filled with water, which caused those inside to die from immersion.
The recovery was carried out with bailing work to extract the water and be able to bring the bodies to the surface. Civil Protection has been reporting day by day the progress and the number of rescued people.
For her part, the governor of Bolívar state, Yulisbeth García, confirmed that extraction work is also being carried out in another 13 wells adjacent to the main cylinders.
These cylinders are connected underground, creating galleries between which the miner can move, so the search covers more ground than the cylinders seen on the surface.
Residents of El Callao have insisted on their request for speed to the authorities, since there are still 7 bodies to be removed from the site. The complaints demand that the search not stop until all the deceased are found.
The maneuvers have involved more than 15 security and rescue forces, in addition local miners joined the search to support the searches.
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