Landslide at unlicensed Colombian gold mine kills 13
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The landslide happened at a mine in Policarpa, in the south of the country At least 13 workers have been killed and another seven injured in a landslide at an unlicensed mine in southern Colombia, local officials say.
山体滑坡发生在该国南部波利卡帕的一个矿井 当地官员称，哥伦比亚南部一处无证矿场发生山体滑坡，造成至少 13 名工人死亡，另有 7 人受伤。
Witnesses described hearing what they said sounded like an explosion at the open-air artisanal gold mine on Wednesday afternoon, moments before the workers below were trapped.
目击者称，周三下午，就在下面的工人被困之前不久，他们听到了露天手工金矿发生爆炸的声音。
But a local official said the deadly landslide had been caused by the mining work. Emergency workers were able to retrieve the bodies with the help of diggers.
但当地官员表示，致命的山体滑坡是由采矿作业引起的。 紧急救援人员在挖掘机的帮助下找到了尸体。
Deadly accidents are not uncommon in Colombia, especially at unlicensed mines where locals dig for precious metals without any official oversight.
致命事故在哥伦比亚并不罕见，尤其是在无证矿场，当地人在没有任何官方监督的情况下开采贵金属。
Witnesses said that four of the 13 dead were members of the same indigenous family.
目击者称，13 名死者中有 4 人是同一土著家庭的成员。
Residents of the area said some 50 people, most of them members of the Quillacinga indigenous group, regularly worked in the mine near Policarpa, in southern Nariño province.
该地区居民表示，大约有 50 人经常在纳里尼奥省南部波利卡帕附近的矿场工作，其中大多数是奎拉辛加土著群体的成员。
Between 200,000 and 400,000 people are estimated to engage in artisanal mining in Colombia, with many families relying on the income from selling the precious metals and stones they find to make ends meet.
据估计，哥伦比亚有 200,000 至 400,000 人从事手工采矿，许多家庭依靠出售他们发现的贵金属和宝石来维持生计。
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