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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | January 2008 
Cave Collapse Traps French Tourist Underground in Mexico; Rescuers Close In
 Associated Press
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| | Rescue workers stand outside a cave as they work to free the last of six French tourists trapped after a surprise landslide near the town of Tlacomula, southeast of Mexico City, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008. (AP) | | |
Puebla, Mexico - Mexican rescuers were evacuating an injured French tourist from a cave on Thursday after a collapse surprised his underground expedition.
Arthur Meauxone, 21, had a fractured knee and remained trapped in the cave in the central Mexican state of Puebla, said Benoit Chalet, a spokesman for the French Embassy in Mexico City.
Chalet said state civil protection workers aided by a team of Mexican spelunkers hoped to have Meauxone out of the cave sometime Thursday.
The five other members of the expedition were rescued. Two returned to the cave overnight to bring Meauxone food and water, keep him company and lead rescue workers to the site.
The group of four men and two women were experienced cave explorers, Chalet said. Details of the collapse were not available.
In 2004, it took rescuers more than a week to extract six British explorers trapped in an underground cave in Puebla state. |
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