Leopold Ramos
Correspondent
Newspaper La Jornada
Tuesday, August 16, 2022, p. 4
Saltillo, Coah., Authorities working to clean the wells of the El Pinabete mine in the municipality of Sabinas announced that they will inject concrete into the Conchas Norte mine, to prevent water runoff from continuing to the area where 10 workers are trapped. since last August 3.
On Sunday morning it was reported that the wells where drainage work is carried out at the coal mine were flooded due to the weekend rains, and due to water from the Conchas Norte mine, which stopped working 25 years ago.
This incident forced to modify the rescue strategy, and yesterday morning it was announced that concrete will be injected with 20 holes to seal the galleys of the Conchas Norte field, located south of El Pinabete.
According to the latest report, water levels continue to rise in the well braces.
Guadalupe Cabriales, sister of Margarito, one of the workers who remains inside the mine, was still in the camp set up around the mine, which was almost deserted yesterday due to a persistent downpour. With this rain, I hope it doesn’t get worse there
he said nodding his head towards the area of the rescue tasks.
The increase in the flood dashed the hopes of relatives of the workers, who claimed to feel desperate
in the face of the slow progress of the rescue and expressed their mistrust in the leadership of the operation. We would like them to put more bombs, to put more and more so that it could come out
Margarito, added Cabriales.
At the close of this edition, the works were delayed by the rain, which softened the earth and produced mud, a situation that hampered the operations of trucks and heavy machinery.
With information from AFP
