Rescuers hunt for trapped Ecuadorean miners

Scores of rescuers began excavation work on Saturday at a mine in southern Ecuador where a cave-in trapped four workers 500 feet (150 meters) underground in the latest accident to hit the industry in Latin America.

In scenes reminiscent of last week's rescue of 33 miners in Chile, local residents and distraught relatives gathered at the small gold mine at Portovelo near the Peruvian border. There was still no word on whether the four night-shift workers had survived the tunnel collapse early on Friday. (Reuters)