Miner rescued alive after spending nearly 2 weeks trapped underground in flooded area

A miner successful Mexico was saved successful an "astonishing rescue" aft spending astir 2 weeks trapped underground, officials said. 

A dam breach caused by a structural nonaccomplishment flooded nan El Rosario excavation successful nan bluish Mexican authorities of Sinaloa connected March 25, trapping Francisco Zapata Nájera and 3 co-workers. Zapata Nájera was located on Tuesday by divers, but nan rescue teams were incapable to scope him done heavy flooded areas until 21 hours later. 

"The exceptional members of nan Mexican Army's Emergency Response Battalion, on pinch nan religion and resilience of a miner, made this astonishing rescue imaginable after 13 days," Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote connected X. "I'm certain that each Mexicans, each 1 of us, clasp you successful our hearts." 

Of nan 25 miners coming during nan accident, 21 escaped immediately. Five days later, rescuers pulled 1 subsister from a extent of 985 feet.

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Rescue teams carrier miner Francisco Zapata Najera aft rescuing him during a hunt for 4 miners pursuing a illness astatine a excavation successful El Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico, connected April 8, 2026. (Stringer/Reuters)

Sheinbaum confirmed that different miner has been recovered dormant and 1 much is still missing. 

In a video released Wednesday, clapping could beryllium heard from a crowd that gathered arsenic Zapata Nájera was removed from nan mine, seeing daylight for nan first clip this month. 

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Rescue teams carrier miner Francisco Zapata Najera connected a stretcher pursuing his rescue connected April 8, 2026. (Stringer/Reuters)

His information was stabilized and he was sent successful a Mexican Air Force chopper to a infirmary successful Mazatlán, wherever he will beryllium treated by specialists, officials said. 

Mexico's deadliest mining accident took spot successful February 2006 astatine nan Pasta de Conchos excavation successful Coahuila, wherever an detonation killed 65 workers.

Rescue teams are seen leaving nan El Rosario excavation connected Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (Stringer/Reuters)

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In August 2022, 10 miners died erstwhile nan El Pinabete coal excavation successful Coahuila flooded. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.