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.
The mine was operating illegally because access to the mine had been restricted after an inspection found safety violations there in August 2022, the department said.
The bodies of the two miners were recovered….