Overview
- The rescue, completed Wednesday, followed divers finding 42-year-old Francisco Zapata Nájera and pumping water for about 20 hours to reach him.
- He was stabilized at the surface and flown by Mexican Air Force helicopter to specialist care in Mazatlán.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said one co-worker was found dead and that the search continues for a fourth miner.
- Authorities say a tailings dam used to store mining waste failed on March 25, flooding the El Rosario mine, where 21 of 25 underground workers escaped and one man was rescued after five days.
- Military divers, pumps, and drilling drove the long search, renewing scrutiny of weak protections after fatal disasters at El Pinabete in 2022 and Pasta de Conchos in 2006.