After an operation that lasted approximately 100 hours, the Unified Command Post confirmed the rescue of the first of the four miners trapped in the Santa Fe mine, located near the community of El Jumate, in the mountains of the municipality of Rosario, Sinaloa. This is how the rescue occurred in the early hours of Monday. According to official information, the rescue took place in the first minutes of Monday, March 30, specifically at 00:25 hours, amid a massive deployment of emergency teams that worked non-stop since March 27. The rescued miner was identified as José Alejandro Cástulo Colín, 44 years old, originally from Michoacán. Since March 27, specialized teams have worked tirelessly under complex conditions with the goal of accessing the areas where it is presumed the miners became trapped. These tasks involve more than 300 personnel from different institutions, including the National Civil Protection Coordination, the Secretariat of National Defense, the National Guard, the Navy Secretariat, and the Sinaloa State Civil Protection Institute. Additionally, expert brigades from the mining sector, such as the IMSSA Mining Group, the Guanaceví Wolves Group, and the Actus Group, have joined, providing key technical knowledge for the rescue maneuvers. The head of the National Civil Protection Coordination, Laura Velázquez Alzúa, assured that she maintains constant communication with the families of the trapped workers. She indicated that the objective is to provide timely information about the progress of the rescue operations, as well as to provide support during this critical process. Authorities are working to rescue four miners who remain trapped in a gold extraction mine called Santa Fe in El Rosario, Sinaloa, after the collapse of a tailings dam on Wednesday afternoon. Once located, he was reported to be stable, which represented a significant advance in the rescue efforts. Paramedics from the Red Cross provided first aid at the scene before he was transferred to the General Hospital of Mazatlán aboard a Navy Secretariat helicopter, as part of the immediate medical care protocol. Rescue operations continue to locate three miners. Despite the success of the first rescue, rescue efforts continue intensively to locate and save the other three workers who are still inside the Santa Fe mine. 25 workers were carrying out excavations.
First miner rescued after 100-hour operation in Mexico
Mexican authorities successfully rescued one of four miners trapped in a Sinaloa mine after a 100-hour operation. The rescued miner is stable, while efforts continue to find the others.