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Remains of Last Trapped Miner in Sinaloa Collapse Returned to Family in Hidalgo

The recovery caps a monthlong search that now shifts attention to a reported tailings-dam failure.

Overview

  • The family received Leandro Isidro Beltrán Reséndiz’s body early Wednesday after a 17-hour transfer from El Rosario, Sinaloa, to Zimapán, Hidalgo, and they asked for a private funeral.
  • Officials said he was the fourth and final worker recovered and showed no signs of life when found on April 27.
  • Rescuers from federal, state, and Navy teams worked more than 700 hours in flooded, debris-choked tunnels to complete the search.
  • Investigations have reported a failure in a tailings dam, a waste pond that holds mined slurry, which flooded shafts more than 300 meters deep.
  • Authorities pledged support for the families, while the case renews scrutiny of mine safety in Mexico after a long history of deadly incidents.