Colombia: Six Bodies Retrieved from Flooded Mine

Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of six miners from an informal gold mine in Colombia. Flood waters there had trapped 15 miners. The accident was reportedly caused by a power cut that shut off the pumps used to keep out water from a nearby river. The mine was undergoing a formalization process in which the government would have enabled illegal miners to obtain licenses if they complied with certain norms. The process started two years ago, but the authorities have yet to make an official inspection. teleSUR