National Mining Agency confirms illicit extraction in Guachetá mine where six workers died
A mining tragedy occurred on the afternoon of Thursday, February 5, at the Mata 7 mine, located in the Las Peñas village of the municipality of Guachetá, Cundinamarca. Six workers died after being trapped in the mine due to gas accumulation.
TL;DR
- Six workers died in a mining accident at the Mata 7 mine in Guachetá, Cundinamarca.
- The workers were trapped due to gas accumulation.
- The National Mining Agency confirmed that illicit extraction activities were being conducted at the mine.
- The mine's mining title had been revoked in May 2019.
- Recovery operations took nearly 40 hours.
- Investigations will be launched to identify those responsible for the illicit activities.