# At least 13 workers killed in landslide at Colombian gold mine

https://mins.news/en/item/27412

- BBC News, 2026-08-20 14:34 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxel9lz3vqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> At least 13 workers died and seven were injured when a landslide struck an unlicensed open-air artisanal gold mine near Policarpa in southern Colombia. Witnesses reported an explosion shortly before the workers were trapped. Four of the dead were from the same Indigenous family.

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