The minors, apparently, were extracting gold when the emergency occurred in a rural area of the municipality of Nechí.
An emergency inside a gold mine in the municipality of Nechí, Bajo Cauca Antioquia, It left two minors dead and two others injured. In one of the sinkholes A landslide occurred that left the four teenagers trapped.
The events were recorded at around 5:15 p.m. on Friday, June 28, in the Las Flores district, when The ravine broke off and affected the interior of this sinkhole, where the minors were apparently extracting gold.
The director of Dagrán, Carlos Andrés Ríos, stated that “this incident was attended to by four fire units, four Civil Defense volunteers and people from the community.”
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Inside the mine Jhon Jairo Bohórquez, 14, passed away while another minor was injured and was transferred to La Misericordia Hospital in the town.
For several hours, another of the young people was missing and late on Friday night, with intensive search work, the body of Samuel David Arroyo, 11 years old.
The other injured teenager was transferred to a more complex health center to receive more complete care for the injuries suffered, since He had multiple traumas, mainly to the head.
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Personnel from the Government of Antioquia were present in the area to carry out the corresponding verifications in this sector to rule out that there are more people trapped in the mud.
“From the Government of Antioquia We stand in solidarity with the families of the deceased minors and the injured person.“, said Director Ríos about this emergency that has plunged the Bajo Cauca region of Antioquia into mourning.
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