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Rescuers Nearing Trapped Mexican Miners

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 8:05:06 PM
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ

A Mexican soldier stands guard at the coal mine where a gas buildup triggered a pre-dawn explosion three days ago, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2006 in the town of San Juan de Sabinas, Mexico 135 kilometers (85 miles) southwest of Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) SAN JUAN DE SABINAS, Mexico (AP) - More than three days of backbreaking labor brought rescuers close to the site where two of 65 trapped coal miners are believed to be located, a federal official said Wednesday.

Whether the two men are dead or alive could provide a clue to the fate of workers trapped deeper inside the Pasta de Conchos mine, federal Labor Secretary Francisco Salazar said.

"These two people will give us an indication of what it is that could have happened," Salazar told the Televisa television network Wednesday morning.


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