An open-pit mine wall in central Venezuela collapsed on Tuesday, trapping dozens of workers under mud. A frantic rescue effort is underway to save those affected by the incident.
Officials in Brazil reported that the Yanomami Indigenous people live in dreadful conditions because illegal gold miners threaten them with violence and block the delivery of essential goods.
Brazil is at risk of losing control over its Amazon rainforest region to organized crime and traffickers, who use the region to smuggle illegal drugs, a Brazilian Supreme Court judge warned.
The southwestern province of Valle del Cauca in Colombia witnessed the ninth massacre in the region after residents from the town of Tulua found the victims on Sunday, increasing the number of massacres in the region.
Twelve have been rescued but rescue attempts have ceased as the sun set in South Africa. Tragedy has struck South Africa as almost 200 illegal miners remained trapped within an excavation site on the outskirts of Johannesburg.
