Venezuela expels 10,000 from illegal gold mine, now closed

Caracas (AFP) April 23, 2024

Venezuelan authorities said Tuesday they had expelled some 10,000 people from an illegal gold mine that claimed at least 16 lives when it collapsed in February. The Bulla Loca mine in the Bolivar state in Venezuela's Amazon region has now been "closed and evacuated," general Domingo Hernandez Larez of the armed forces' operational command said on X. He shared a video online showing huge