A group of miners was bricking in the sector San jOse de Anacoco, known like “the racket of Leaf of Tin”, municipality Sifontes, Saturday in afternoon.

Carlos Andres Monsalve

The rescued miner passed away to the few minutes to leave the earth avalanche. Its corpse was taken to the hospital of Upata

In agreement with the police authorities, the event left as balance a dead person and another wound, whereas supposedly they remain six more tapiadas, to more than fifteen meters of depth.

The earthwork was originated in the sector San jOse de Anacoco, known like “the new racket of Tin Leaf”, to one hour of the population of Tumeremo, Sifontes municipality.

Until the moment the unique deceased was identified by the police authorities like Jonathan Rodriguez, of 32 years, called to account in San Felix, sector of Vista to the Sun, with generalized politraumatismos. Whereas the wounded responds to the name of Hermes Subero, of 37 years of age, that stops afternoon of this Sunday presented/displayed a condition of stable health.

According to the developing by the relatives of the victim of a murder, these were to five meters of depth of the surface in a storage gallery, whereas supposedly other six miners were ten meters more down.

When knowing itself the news, the organisms of rescue of Civil defense and the Body of Firemen initiated the workings search of the other disappearing.

Relatives waited for eight hours to be able to remove to Jonathan Rodriguez and Hermes Subero, and to transfer them to the Center of Integral Diagnosis of Tumeremo, where they received first aid.

He passes away in the transfer
The condition of health in both men got worse, forcing the transfer to the hospital of Upata, where Rodriguez entered without vital signs.

The victim was taken morgue of the Gervasio Hospital Side Guard, where they waited for a commission of the Body of Scientific researches, Penal and Criminologies (Cicpc), in order that she raised the body and she initiated the inquiries strictly speaking.

Already in hours of afternoon of this Sunday, according to the informed thing by some sources, still the workings search of the assumptions stayed six brickings, nevertheless it is presumed that more people in the place of the landslide do not exist, and treta of the miners to recover its equipment of mining operation is some, in agreement with which they revealed the police authorities.

Unknown causes

Until now the authorities are no developing the possible causes that originated the landslide in the mine Tin Leaf of the Sifontes municipality, nevertheless the connoisseurs of the matter stress that they could be originated due to last rains fallen in the mine or to the uncontrolled operation of gold, where the most mini safety measures and engineering are not taken, to possibly avoid these facts.