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Illegal gold mine collapse in Colombia kills 14
October 20, 2026 at 01:56 AM
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2 reports · 1 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 1 hour
The collapse of an illegal gold mine in southwestern Colombia's Narino department has killed 14 people and injured seven.
- The collapse struck the rural Chambero sector of Santa Barbara de Iscuande municipality in Narino.
- Disaster official Jorge Tovar Castillo said 12 to 15 miners have been reported missing.
- Governor Luis Alfonso Escobar called on the national government and the National Mining Agency to accelerate legalization of informal miners.
- In August, 13 people died in a similar mining accident in Policarpa, also in Narino.

