Little hope for eight trapped Honduran miners


  • World
  • Sunday, 06 Jul 2014

Relatives of miners trapped at a gold mine affected by a landslide wait for news of their loved ones at a tent in San Juan Arriba, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa July 5, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera

SAN JUAN ARRIBA Honduras (Reuters) - Rescuers said there was little hope that eight miners trapped underground in an illegal Honduran gold mine would be found alive, as a group of local miners prepared a last-ditch attempt to save their colleagues.

Rescue workers said they had smelled foul odours coming from the mine during an operation on Friday to free three of the 11 workers trapped by a landslide at the mine in San Juan Arriba on Wednesday. [ID:nL2N0PF0UK]

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