Codelco ends El Teniente rescue effort after five miners found dead

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All five workers who were trapped in Chile’s El Teniente copper mine following a collapse on Thursday (July 31) have been found dead, bringing the total death toll to six.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4ddhyydr   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00All five workers who were trapped in Chile's El Teniente copper mine following a collapse

00:04last week have been found dead, bringing the total death toll to six.

00:09One miner was killed instantly when part of the tunnel gave way on Thursday evening.

00:14The remaining five, Gonzalo Núñez, John Miranda, Alex Araya, Carlos Arancibia and Pávez,

00:21were discovered over the following days, with the final body recovered about 70 hours after

00:27the accident.

00:28I think it's difficult to express what have been these days.

00:32We lived a night of pain, a night of pain for the families, for Codelco, for the mining

00:39and also for Chile.

00:42The collapse, which also left nine other workers injured, was believed to have been triggered

00:47by one of the largest tremors recorded at the mine, a magnitude 4.2 quake.

00:53Throughout the weekend, dozens of people placed candles, Chilean flags and photos of the traffic

00:58trapped workers at a makeshift memorial outside the entrance to El Teniente.

01:02Authorities are still investigating whether the tremor that caused the collapse was due to

01:06natural seismic activity or related to mining operations.

01:11President Gabriel Boric has declared three days of national mourning to honor the miners.

01:17President Gabriel Boric has declared three days of national mourning to honor the miners.

01:25Authorities are still investigating whether the tremor that caused the collapse was due to

01:30natural seismic activity or related to mining operations. President Gabriel Boric has declared

01:36three days of national mourning to honor the miners.

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