Mexico searches for four missing after Sinaloa mine collapse


MEXICO CITY, ⁠March 27 (Reuters) - Mexico's ⁠defense ministry said on ‌Friday it had deployed specialists to join the search ​for four miners ⁠missing after a ⁠collapse in the northwestern ⁠state of ‌Sinaloa.

The incident occurred on ⁠Wednesday at the Minerales de ​Sinaloa ‌mine in the El ⁠Rosario municipality, ​the ministry said in a statement.

A military ⁠aircraft transported 38 ​search and rescue specialists to the site to join ⁠60 personnel already providing security, the statement added. Local authorities and ​rescue teams ⁠are also involved in ​the operation.

(Reporting ‌by Lizabeth Diaz ​and Natalia Siniawski, Editing by Iñigo Alexander)

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