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El recuerdo de los 33 mineros atrapados en Chile, a 15 años del rescate: «En esta fecha quedamos más sensibles»

Omar Reygadas solo atinó a arrodillarse mientras sostenía una pequeña Biblia en su mano derecha. Llevaba un overol verde, una pequeña riñonera negra y un casco de minero con linterna, su nombre escrito con marcador negro indeleble y la inscripción “Dios vive”. Unos anteojos especiales lo protegían del sol después de tanta oscuridad.
De rodillas y entre gritos de algarabía fue inmortalizado por decenas de fotógrafos que lo rodeaban. Había pasado 69 días a 700 metros bajo tierra en la colapsada mina San José, cerca de Copiapó, en el desierto de Atacama, norte de Chile.
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Reygadas fue el minero número 17 en salir a la superficie el 13 de octubre de 2010, de los 33 que quedaron atrapados tras un derrumbe ocurrido el 5 de agosto de ese año. Fue una tragedia que terminó en milagro. Incluso se hizo libro y película de Hollywood.
“En esta fecha quedamos más sensibles. Empiezo a recordar algunas cosas y se me erizan los pelos. Trato de estar tranquilo y esperar algo bonito”, dijo Reygadas a TN, al cumplirse este lunes 15 años del conmovedor rescate que abrazó a Chile y que el mundo siguió en vivo minuto a minuto.
Omar Reygadas se arrodilla tras salir a la superficie el 13 de octubre de 2010 (Foto: AFP)
“Estamos bien los 33″
El derrumbe los tomó por sorpresa. Reygadas manejaba un camión cuando escuchó una explosión. Era el 5 de agosto de 2010 y 33 mineros quedaron atrapados a 700 metros bajo tierra.
La noticia recorrió el mundo. En el interior de la mina San José, los mineros se desesperaron. Racionaron la poca comida que tenían, apenas unas galletas y algunas latas de atún y de duraznos y empezaron a rezar.
En la superficie las tareas de rescate empezaron sin grandes esperanzas. Después de 17 días en silencio, una sonda logró llegar hasta el refugio. Los mineros explotaron de alegría.
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Al subir a la superficie, una nota adosada a la sonda le daba a Chile una gran esperanza: “Estamos bien los 33″. La frase quedó inmortalizada en el ideario colectivo chileno.
A partir de ahí, el gobierno del entonces presidente Sebastián Piñera se movilizó para intentar un rescate difícil, pero no imposible. El plan, bautizado “Operación San Lorenzo”, contó con la colaboración de ingenieros, expertos internacionales y hasta especialistas de la NASA.
Finalmente, después de 69 días de incertidumbre, la cápsula “Fénix” rescató uno a uno a los 33, en un operativo seguido en vivo por televisión en el mundo entero. El rescate estuvo rodeado de una profunda emoción y se convirtió en símbolo de unidad y esperanza para Chile.
A 15 años del milagro
Reygadas tiene hoy 71 años, vive en Copiapó y sigue trabajando, aunque ya no es minero. “Seguí con las minería después de que salí, pero mis hijos me pidieron que lo dejara. Me dediqué entonces a otras cosas. Ahora trabajo en una empresa de alquiler de automóviles como chofer externo”, contó en un diálogo telefónico con TN.
Omar Reygadas observa la cápsula «Fénix» un año después de su rescate, en 2011 (Foto de archivo: EFE)
A Reygadas le gusta manejar. Su trabajo consiste en llevar los vehículos de una región a la otra, desde donde los turistas los entregan después de un viaje, hasta la sede original del alquiler. Allí no está solo. Con el trabaja otro de los mineros, Franklin Lobos.
A pesar de que podría estar disfrutando de su jubilación, prefiere seguir activo. “Tengo una pensión vitalicia, pero hay que estirar la moneda”, confió Reygadas. La pensión es de 700.000 pesos chilenos, equivalentes a unos 736 dólares. “No es poco, pero hay que trabajar”, reconoció.
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De pocas palabras, el hombre dijo que salió adelante sin ayuda profesional, pero con el afecto de sus seres queridos. “La rehabilitación la hice yo mismo con ayuda de mi familia. Me fui al campo. No tuve terapia. Me distraje trabajando y seguí adelante”, señaló.
La tragedia y el milagro dieron paso a un libro (“En la Oscuridad”) y una película de Hollywood, “Los 33″, con el protagónico de Antonio Banderas. Pero Reygadas se quejó de los mineros no vieron un solo peso.
“Del libro y la película no vimos nada. Nos estafaron. Se quedaron con todo. La película la siguen pasando y el libro se sigue vendiendo y a nosotros… nada”, afirmó.
A 15 años del rescate, Reygadas sigue viviendo en Copiapó, su lugar en el mundo, junto a su pareja. Tiene cinco hijos -uno de ellos fallecido- y varios nietos. Además, mantiene una gran amistad con Franklin Lobos y sigue en contacto con los otros mineros con los que protagonizó uno de los hechos más conmovedores de la historia reciente de Chile.
Solo uno de sus compañeros murió, Mario Gómez, el año pasado, a los 74 años. Era el minero de más edad entre los 33.
“Tenemos un grupo de WhatsApp. Intercambiamos mensajes y hablamos por ahí. Incluso, a veces nos vemos”, concluyó.
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Putin caught executing enormous ‘semi-dark’ ship-to-ship oil transfer in Gulf of Oman

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Russia has turned to its so-called «shadow fleet» to carry out a roughly $29.3 million «semi-dark» ship-to-ship oil transfer in the Gulf of Oman, deliberately sidestepping Western sanctions, according to reports.
Maritime intelligence firm Windward AI reported on March 8 that the Russian-flagged tanker M/V TRUST, a vessel already blacklisted by the U.S., European Union and United Kingdom, carried out a «high-probability» covert crude transfer in Omani territorial waters.
Based on an estimated price of about $90 per barrel on March 10, the cargo involved in the transfer was valued at roughly $29.3 million.
«The timing of the operation coincided with heightened military escalation in the Gulf following Operation Epic Fury, suggesting the vessel exploited regional instability to conduct the transfer under reduced scrutiny,» Windward said.
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A crude oil tanker sits anchored in Muscat during the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran in Muscat, Oman, March 6, 2026. (Reuters/Benoit Tessier)
The tanker had previously loaded approximately 325,000 barrels of Russian crude oil at the Russian port of Ust-Luga, Windward said.
Windward described the operation as a «semi-dark» activity, meaning one of the vessels transmitted its automatic identification system (AIS) signal while the other did not.
According to the firm, the M/V TRUST had anchored and switched off its AIS transponder while holding what it called a «prolonged stationary meeting» with another tanker, likely producing an anonymous vessel to transfer cargo process.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets the Russian delegation and some officials ahead of the Istanbul talks May 14, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. (Kremlin Press Office/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A fully «dark» meeting, Windward said, typically involves two vessels not transmitting, but, in this case, only one ship appeared to be broadcasting, creating partial visibility that still complicates tracking efforts.
Such tactics are part of a broader strategy by Moscow to continue exporting crude despite sweeping Western sanctions imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The semi-dark oil transfer comes amid heightened volatility in global energy markets tied to the escalating conflict in the Middle East and limited traffic in the Strait of Hormuz given the joint U.S.-Israeli military action against Iran.
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A navy vessel sails in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway through which much of the world’s oil and gas passes, March 1, 2026. (Sahar Al Attar/AFP via Getty Images)
Oil topped $100 a barrel March 9 as traders priced in the risk that the conflict was disrupting flows through the Strait, which carries about a fifth of global supply, CNBC reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on March 9 that Russia, the world’s second-largest oil exporter and holder of the largest natural gas reserves, stands ready to resume long-term energy cooperation with European customers if they choose to return, Reuters reported.
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Meanwhile, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that Russia «should not be involved» in the escalating conflict between the U.S., Israel and Iran.
His comments followed reports suggesting Moscow may be providing intelligence support to Tehran, though the Kremlin has not publicly confirmed the claims.
On Russia’s ship-to-ship semi-dark cargo transfer amid the ongoing conflict, Windward highlighted «operational blind spots that enable illicit maritime activity to proceed largely uninterrupted.»
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WATCH: Dem witness accuses Trump of ‘population purge,’ Kennedy fires back: ‘You trigger my gag reflex’

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David Bier, a Democrat-called witness at a Senate Budget Committee hearing Tuesday, drew a sharp rebuke from GOP Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana after accusing the Trump administration of attempting a «population purge» in the U.S.
Earlier in the hearing, Bier, an immigration policy expert at the CATO Institute, argued that both legal and illegal aliens «are a benefit to this country» because they help to reduce the national deficit.
Kennedy ripped into Bier, asking, «What planet did you parachute in from? You trigger my gag reflex.»
Bier had just claimed that federal judges opposing President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement operations «are much braver» than U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
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«They are much braver. They put their names on their rulings, and they stand behind their constitutional rulings,» said Bier.
He accused the administration of attempting to carry out a «population purge,» saying, «They’re trying to deport U.S.-born citizens, people born here, they are trying to deport them as well. So, it’s not a mass deportation agenda, it is also an agenda intended to reduce the population of the United States, including U.S.-born people.»
Earlier in the hearing, Bier had called for «more» immigrants to help address the soaring national deficit.
While being questioned by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Bier said that there are «clear reasons for believing that they are reducing the deficits and debt, they are a benefit to this country, and we need more people who are going to contribute in the future as our population ages.»
Bier said «it’s easy to understand why» immigrants reduce the deficit «because they work at 12 percentage points higher than the national average, they use less benefits because they’re subject to constraints, unique barriers to applying for those benefits, in particular Social Security and Medicare. Those are by far our largest programs, and they’re not eligible for those at all if they’re here in the country illegally or if they came legally and they don’t have a sufficient work history to qualify.»
After the hearing, Bier later told Fox News Digital that «this exchange had nothing to do with illegal immigration» and that «the question was about immigration generally.»
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ICE officers participating in a week-long immigration enforcement operation in the Houston, Texas area, which resulted in the arrests of 646 illegal immigrants. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
Despite testifying in a hearing titled «Sanctuary Cities: The Cost of Undermining Law and Order,» during which members criticized the mass migration under the Biden administration, Bier posited that more immigration is a positive step for the country.
«According to the Social Security Administration, we need about 35 million more workers in order to keep revenues equal to expenses by the middle of the 2030s,» he said. «So, we are at a position right now where immigration is not going to solve it. Obviously, it’s not going to solve it, but it is moving us in the right direction.»
He praised immigrants, saying, «These are people who are showing up, they’re ready to work, they’re often prime age individuals who are ready to enter the labor force.»
«So, it’s a huge benefit fiscally to the United States to have these people who want to contribute to our country,» he added.
Bier was not the only one arguing in the hearing that illegal immigrants can improve communities. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., one of the Trump administration’s most outspoken critics, took a similar line, arguing that sanctuary policies actually lower crime, poverty and unemployment.
«Data shows that sanctuary policies actually make communities safer, healthier and more prosperous. That’s right, the evidence shows, the research shows sanctuary jurisdictions have lower crime rates, higher median household income, less poverty, less reliance on public assistance, higher labor force participation, and lower unemployment,» said Padilla.
«That’s right. It seems like sanctuary cities are helping to make America great, I said it,» he added.
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Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Likewise, Kennedy was not the only Republican who took issue with Bier. After arguing over whether it was a mistake for Congress to ban people from entering the country illegally, Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, slammed Bier as a «smug guy.»
«You haven’t answered my question, but that’s okay. You’re a smug guy, and that’s part of your shtick,» said Moreno.
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After another Democrat-called witness declined to answer the same question, Moreno criticized both, saying, «This is the best that Democrats can come up with.»
«This is the best witnesses you’ve got? A guy who can’t distinguish whether it’s okay to have people enter our country illegally. Of all the millions of people that you could have chosen to testify … the best you have is a guy who has no idea what our immigration law is, and isn’t sure if somebody should enter the country illegally [and] another guy is a smug guy who obviously has an agenda,» said Moreno.
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