Body of worker trapped in Nigua mine recovered

After 12 hours search, the authorities confirmed the location of the lifeless body of the person who remained missing after the collapse occurred yesterday morning, Thursday, in a materials mine located in the San Gregorio de Nigua municipality, San Cristóbal province.

As reported to Free Diary the regional director of Civil Defense, Jose Luis Cabrerathe body was recovered at approximately 12:12 midnight this Friday.

According to preliminary information, the collapse It occurred around 11:30 in the morning, when the deceased, identified as Eloy Pena55 years old, was swept away by a landslide while carrying out material extraction work aboard a backhoe.

[object HTMLTextAreaElement] — Heavy machinery used by rescue teams to remove debris after the collapse at the San Gregorio de Nigua mine. (**FREE DIARY / KEVIN RIVAS**)

Work included use of heavy machinery

The relief agencies were notified at 12:10 noon. From that moment, brigades from the Civil Defense, the Nigua Fire Department, the Red Cross, the 9-1-1 System and the National Police worked together in the work of search and rescue.

Cabrera explained that the operations lasted several hours, using heavy machinery to remove the debris, until finally finding the body of the person reported missing.

He is a journalist at Diario Libre.

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