The relatives of the ten miners trapped in Mexico will sign a ransom waiver

MADRID, 30 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The relatives of the ten miners trapped for almost a month in a coal mine in the state of Coahuila, in northern Mexico, will sign a ransom waiver with the Mexican authorities on Saturday.

This has been announced by several of them to local Mexican media, adding that some have already begun to break up the camp that they set up around the mine when the rescue operations began after the accident, 26 days ago.

"There is no point in continuing here," the sister of one of the miners trapped in the agreement told 'El Financiero' that so far six of the ten wives of the coal miners have arrived with the inter-institutional rescue team.

The agreement will contemplate possible compensation and will end with a religious novena in honor of the ten coal workers already declared dead in the shafts of the El Pinabete de Sabinas mine.

"They told us it would take up to two years to get the water out. They didn't accept anyone's help. It hurts us so much. Even if it hurts, we don't want to, it's the last resort. It's very difficult," the wife told 'El Universal'. of another of the miners, alluding to the difficulty of the rescue services in rescuing the ten charcoal burners.

A commemoration is expected next Saturday because a month has passed since the incident. Among the agreements is also the construction of a memorial in the area of ​​the incident.

The ten miners were trapped after an underground river caused a flood and blocked the exits of the mine.

It was one of the mine workers who reported what happened to Civil Protection, after he managed to get out safe and sound through an old gallery.

The mine began operations in January 2022, and to date no complaints of any type of anomaly had been registered. However, these types of accidents are common in the region, the last one recorded in June 2021, when seven people lost their lives after the area where they worked was flooded.