Authorities say miners are trapped after hitting an adjoining area full of water while performing excavation work.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has called for intensified efforts to save 10 workers trapped in a flooded coal mine.The focus has been on pumping water out of the mine, which is too dangerous to enter
Nearly 400 soldiers and other personnel, including six military scuba divers, have joined the rescue effort at the site in Agujita."We have to do everything we are doing and more [to find the missing miners]," Mr Lopez Obrador said.Relatives of the trapped miners have been helping with rescue efforts at the site as they wait for news about their loved ones.
Authorities said the miners had been carrying out excavation work when they hit an adjoining area full of water.Mr Lopez Obrador previously declared Saturday "a decisive day" for the operation. "We're still hoping that they're in a higher part , although there's too much water … but we trust in God," Elva Hernandez, mother-in-law of one of the trapped workers, said.
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