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Gold mine collapse in southwest Colombia
A collapse at an open-pit gold mine in southwestern Colombia has resulted in multiple casualties. While one account reports at least six miners killed in Nariño province, another indicates 14 dead and seven injured. The final casualty count remains unconfirmed.
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Our summary of the disagreement.
Reports disagree on the number of casualties, with one source reporting at least six deaths and another reporting 14 dead and seven injured.
The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
3 differing positions reported on casualties across 4 publishers; unresolved.
- thehindusix
- aljazeera14 people
- jpost14 dead, 7 injured
- tass14
2 differing positions reported on location across 4 publishers; unresolved.
- thehindusouthwest Colombia
- aljazeeraColombia
- jpostColombia
- tassColombia
WhereColombia
3.376, -74.802 ±10 km
First reported6 days ago
Published2026-10-20 00:45 UTC
Occurred2026-10-19
Sources4
Casualties reported6
How this travelled.
Reports5Independent tellings4
4 independently corroborated tellings.
Corrections and updates
No published correction or update is recorded. This does not reconstruct changes made before correction records were kept.
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Global Event Monitor. Gold mine collapse in southwest Colombia. 2026-10-20T00:45:06.006Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:6549. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-19/gold-mine-collapse-kills-at-least-six-in-southwest-colombia-374ca4d3
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