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Relatives of trapped miners in Mexico
Photo: Miguel Sierra / EPA-EFE
At least seven miners were buried in a mine accident in northern Mexico.
As the authorities in Coahuila state announced, the workers have been missing since an accident in the mine in the municipality of Múzquiz.
According to preliminary investigations, the accident occurred after the mine was flooded.
2006 disaster
According to the authorities, civil protection forces and the police are currently deployed to rescue the miners.
The state of Coahuila, on the border with the USA, is Mexico's most important coal producer.
The safety conditions in the mines in Mexico are often miserable, which is why accidents occur again and again.
In the worst mining accident in the region to date, 65 miners died in an explosion in 2006.
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