Collapse in an illegal mine in Venezuela: 25 dead. The mayor of the town reported it.
The collapse occurred on Tuesday afternoon in the Angostura municipality of Bolívar state, about 460 kilometers southeast of the capital. The boom in mining activity south of the Orinoco River has become the lifeline for nearby towns and attracted thousands of unemployed people from all over the country. There is growing illegal mining and criminal gangs that smuggle gold are proliferating, according to critics of President Nicolás Maduro.