6 missing, 1 dead after mine dam bursts in northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rescuers searching Tuesday for seven people missing after a dam containing mineral tailings burst at a mine in the northern Mexican border state of Chihuahua found one body that was not yet identified, state officials said.
Some 150 people joined the search over a 7-mile (12-kilometer) course through the mountains where the contaminated water rushed after the dam broke Monday at the Rio Tinto mine complex, the state government said in a statement.
In addition to those missing, two people were reported hospitalized in stable condition.
Gov. Javier Corral visited the site Tuesday and said the state's priorities were finding the missing and protecting the Tubares river at the bottom of the watershed.