2 Dead in an Accident at a Coal Mine in Mexico That Was Operating Illegally

2 Dead in an Accident at a Coal Mine in Mexico That Was Operating Illegally
An ambulance in Quintana Roo state, Mexico, on Jan. 21, 2022. Juan Manuel Valdivia/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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MEXICO CITY—Two miners were killed when a cable snapped on the bucket used to lower them into a small, primitive coal mine that was operating illegally in northern Mexico.

The failure of the cable sent the bucket plunging down the mine shaft, killing the miners, the Labor Department said late Tuesday. The department said the accident occurred Tuesday at a mine in the northern border state of Coahuila.