In August, his brother-in-law was one of 10 miners trapped in the nearby coal mine of El Pinabete as water broke through a shaft wall and flooded the tunnels the men were working in.
Nearly two months later, their bodies have still not been recovered. Miners know the risks, Briones said, but often feel they have no choice.
MEXICO CITY, Aug 17 Mexico will ask both a German and a US company to help rescue 10 miners who have been trapped in a coal mine for nearly two weeks, officials said yesterday,.