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A miner who was trapped along with three co-workers in a mine in northwestern Mexico was rescued on Wednesday (April 8) after spending 13 days underground.

Francisco Zapata, 42, was rescued in the late morning from the Santa Fe mine, in the municipality of El Rosario, in the state of Sinaloa, by members of Civil Protection.

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00:06A miner trapped with three co-workers in a northwestern Mexico mine was rescued on Wednesday
00:12after 13 days underground.
00:14Forty-two-year-old Francisco Zapata was pulled out from the Santa Fe mine in Sinaloa by civil
00:20protection officials after more than 300 hours of searching, with divers spotting his blinking
00:26torch used to signal his position.
00:28He was found trapped in waist-high water, taken out with a thermal blanket, and airlifted
00:34to Mazatlan General Hospital for treatment.
00:37Twenty-five workers were in the mine when a tailings dam burst on March 25, with 21 escaping
00:43and four trapped.
00:44Another miner was rescued alive on March 30, while the search for the fourth continues.
00:58So, let's take a look.
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