Saved one of three miners trapped in Chile: another died

"After 37 hours of intense work, the rescue of one of the minors imprisoned at Mina Directorio 8 of #Tocopilla is confirmed." Unfortunately, one of the miners is dead and the third is still missing, we will not give up until we find him ", said Mines Minister Baldo Prokurica.

According to official sources, the rescued miner alive was identified as Leonardo Condori, who is already hospitalized under observation in a hospital in the region.

The accident occurred last Thursday (21 in Argentina) around 20 hours due to "the collapse of materials inside the San José de Tocopilla mine", said Sernageomin in a statement posted on his Twitter account.

The Directory 8 mine, Punto San José, is located in the town of Tocopilla, in the Antofagasta region, 700 km from the mine. In 2010, 33 miners had been stranded for 70 days and saved alive.