All five trapped workers at Chile's Codelco mine found dead
Prosecutor Aquiles Cubillo of the O'Higgins region said on Sunday afternoon that the body of the fifth trapped worker had been found.
The latest fatality brings the total death toll from the accident to six, including one person who died at the time of the incident on Thursday evening.
Codelco discovered the first trapped worker on Saturday and another three on Sunday. It has not yet commented on the final worker.
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