Ten Mexican miners remain trapped in coal mine after three rescued

Authorities are pictured at the premises of a coal mine which collapsed leaving miners trapped, in Sabinas, in Coahuila state, Mexico, August 3, 2022. REUTERS/Antonio Ojeda

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Rescuers in Mexico, including dozens of soldiers, were working desperately on Wednesday to reach ten miners trapped in a flooded coal mine following the collapse of an inner wall, the ministry handling the disaster said.

Three miners had been rescued and hospitalized, the Security and Citizen Protection Ministry said in an update on the rescue efforts at the mine in the Sabinas municipality of the northern state of Coahuila.