"The face of this tragedy" according to CNN.
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...Sanchez's sister said Wednesday that relatives had not been given enough information about the rescue efforts, and that three Spanish-speaking families were not provided an interpreter in the first three days of the crisis.
"We've provided translators for the Hispanic families and crisis counselors," said Bob Murray, chairman of Murray Energy Corp., part-owner of the mine. "We've kept them sequestered and I feel we've administered to their needs very much."...
"The fact that half of the trapped workers are Latino tells us a lot about the mining industry," said Theresa Martinez, a sociologist at the university. "I would hope that people come to terms with the fact that we have fuel and energy because of those mines and that may be thanks to men and women who are considered illegal aliens."
Even with starting salaries as low as $8 an hour, Mexican miners are still sending thousands of dollars back home to pave streets and build church steeples through groups like one Lazalde named for his village. It is called the Club Santa Rosa.
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