Get email updates with the day's biggest stories Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Local authorities have said that the mine is flooded and that the workers are in tunnels. (Image: @rubenanguiano/Twitter)It is reported that two workers, Orlando and Pedro Sanchez, managed to escape before the mine collapsed and they raised the alarm. The area has one of the lowest populations in Mexico with the mines a key source of income. Tragedy struck in a Coahuila mine in February, 2006, when an explosion led to 65 workers being trapped and only two bodies were able to be later recovered.

Source: Daily Mirror June 05, 2021 01:34 UTC