Ecuador Mine Explosion leaves 5 Dead, 15 Injured

Ecuador has 1,349 "artisanal and small-scale mines" of which 178 are located in Azuay province, according to a 2011 mining census. 

In a similar incident in 2010 four miners died after they were trapped in a collapsed gold deposit in Portovelo in the southwestern province of El Oro. 

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