Landslide at illegal gold mine in Colombia kills 14
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A landslide at an illegal gold mine in southwestern Colombia killed 14 people and injured seven, a regional official said Monday.
Armed groups in Narino, an illegal mining hotspot on the border with Ecuador, control the clandestine gold trade as well as trafficking drugs and engaging in extortion.
Videos shared on social media show people and a backhoe evacuating bodies from the mine to a canoe on a nearby river.
