{"id":45888,"date":"2026-04-09T16:46:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=45888"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:46:41","slug":"mexican-miner-rescued-after-13-days-trapped-in-flooded-sinaloa-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=45888","title":{"rendered":"Mexican miner rescued after 13 days trapped in flooded Sinaloa mine"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A miner in Mexico<\/a> was saved in an “astonishing rescue” after spending nearly two weeks trapped underground, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A dam breach<\/a> caused by a structural failure flooded the El Rosario mine in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa on March 25, trapping Francisco Zapata N\u00e1jera and three co-workers. Zapata N\u00e1jera was\u00a0located\u00a0on Tuesday by divers, but the rescue teams were unable to reach him through heavily flooded areas until 21 hours later.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The exceptional members of the Mexican Army’s Emergency Response Battalion, along with the faith and resilience of a miner, made this astonishing rescue possible after\u00a013 days,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote on X. “I’m\u00a0certain that all Mexicans, every one of us, hold you in our hearts.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of the 25 miners present during the accident, 21 escaped\u00a0immediately.\u00a0Five days later, rescuers pulled one survivor from a depth of 985 feet.<\/p>\n

AMERICAN SKIERS RESCUED AFTER GETTING LOST NEAR OLYMPIC VENUE IN THE ITALIAN ALPS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Rescue teams transport miner Francisco Zapata Najera after rescuing him during a search for four miners following a collapse at a mine in El Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico, on April 8, 2026.<\/span> (Stringer\/Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Sheinbaum confirmed that another miner has been found dead and one more is still missing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a video released Wednesday, clapping could be heard from a crowd that gathered as Zapata N\u00e1jera was removed from the mine, seeing daylight for the first time this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Rescue teams transport miner Francisco Zapata Najera on a stretcher following his rescue on April 8, 2026.<\/span> (Stringer\/Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

His condition was stabilized and he was sent in a Mexican Air Force helicopter to a hospital in Mazatl\u00e1n, where he will be treated by specialists, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mexico’s deadliest mining accident<\/a> took place in February 2006 at the Pasta de Conchos mine in Coahuila, where an explosion killed 65 workers.<\/p>\n

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Rescue teams are seen leaving the El Rosario mine on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.<\/span> (Stringer\/Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In August 2022, 10 miners died when the El\u00a0Pinabete\u00a0coal mine in Coahuila flooded.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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