After 17 days of the tragedy that so far left 13 miners dead, work continues to recover the last body in the Las Cuatro Esquinas mine, located in the Caratal sector of the El Callao municipality.
The Government of Bolívar, personnel from the Minerven Emergency Center, Firefighters from Guasipati and El Callao, and Civil Protection, accompanied by a group of local miners, continue exploring cylinder or well number 3, which has a depth of 35 meters and where it is presumed there is still at least one more body to recover.
The reality of the structure of the cylinder is complicated due to the constant presence of water in the place, causing the entire space to weaken and an attempt to collapse may occur, which increases the difficulty of the search.
What happens inside?
After descending 15 meters in the cylinder, the gallery begins that connects other mines or wells. After this “plain”, the descent begins which, according to local miners, reaches a depth of more than 100 meters.
The last body belonging to Fabián Trejo is found 35 or 40 meters deep, according to information provided by relatives who still remain outside the mine waiting for the body to be extracted.
The rescue
A new maneuver is carried out to carry out this search and consists of the placement of lintels in each section in order to support the load and avoid collapses, in order to then be able to have all the established safety regulations and thus slowly achieve the extraction.
Let us remember that it was the early morning of last Monday, October 13, when several cylinders of the aforementioned deposit were flooded as a result of the heavy rains recorded in the town.
Recovered bodies
In well 1 were found: Roberth Custodio (10/15/25) and David José Guevara (10/16/25).
In well 2, Yofreider José López Estanga was located (10/18/25); José Daniel Belisario Tovar (10/17/25); Jonathan José Solano Ramírez (10/15/25) and two more bodies that have not yet been identified.
In well 3 they found Félix Gilberto Romero Ramos (10/16/25); Fadiannel Herrera (10/20/25); Gregorio Pinto (10/20/25); Alexander de Jesús Salazar (10/20/25) and Edinson Pérez Calderón
