Overview

• Codelco confirmed two fatalities after recovering remains from one of the miners trapped in the seismic-triggered collapse
• Rescuers using heavy machinery have cleared approximately 20 meters of debris out of the 90 meters blocking the Andesita section
• Four miners remain without communication about 900 meters below ground after tunnel collapses cut off radio contact
• President Gabriel Boric pledged full government support with prosecutors probing whether safety standards were violated
• Codelco halted extraction in the affected area and evacuated 3,000 people to secure zones following the collapse