Mining activity caused a deadly slope collapse in Narino, claiming 13 lives and injuring seven others.
Mining activity caused a deadly slope collapse in Narino, claiming 13 lives and injuring seven others.
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At least 13 people have been killed and seven others injured in a landslide at an illegal gold mine in Colombia’s southwest, according to a government official.
“Due to the activity taking place in the mine, a slope collapsed onto the people,” Fredy Gamez, the government secretary for the Narino department, told Caracol Radio about the incident on Thursday.
Another seven people were injured and all those missing have been accounted for. Accidents at unregulated mines are fairly common…
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