A landslide at an unlicensed gold mine in southern Colombia has killed at least 13 workers and injured seven others, local officials say.
Witnesses described hearing an explosion at the open-air artisanal mine on Wednesday afternoon, moments before the workers below were trapped.
Emergency workers and locals were able to retrieve the bodies with the help of diggers. Four of the dead were members of the same indigenous family.
Residents said some 50 people, most of them members of the Quillacinga indigenous group, regularly worked in the mine near Policarpa, in southern Nariño province.
Deadly accidents are not uncommon in Colombia, especially at unlicensed mines where locals dig for precious metals without official oversight. 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.