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(CNN Spanish) - Seven miners are rescued in Nicaragua after being trapped 5 hours in a gold mine.
The miners, who work with artisanal methods, were trapped after a heavy downpour caused a collapse in an 800-meter deep tunnel located in Santo Domingo, department of Chontales, according to Channel 6, official medium of the Nicaraguan State.
César Augusto Palacios, artisanal miner from Santo Domingo, told CNN via telephone that more than 100 co-workers, with shovels and manual spikes, dug a hole to rescue the trapped, because of the rainy conditions and soil saturation, no They were able to use heavy machines for rescue.
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Local police officers, firefighters and doctors also helped in the rescue.
Santos Soza Aguilar, who is also an artisanal miner in Santo Domingo, Chontales, explained that during the time that the operation lasted they remained in contact with their peers thanks to a tube where they were supplied with oxygen.
The Santo Domingo gold mine where these miners work is located about 180 km east of Managua.
