Santander de Quilichao
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A mining emergency reported to ANM and handled by its mine-rescue stations and support points, as listed in the register the agency delivered in answer to a public-information petition. It is not every mining death in the country.ⓘ
ANM classifies each emergency by the legal status of the working where it happened: legal, illicit or other. The classification is ANM's, not ours.ⓘ
Active titles in ANM's cadastre that name this municipality.In Santander de Quilichao (Cauca), between 2014 and Jan 8, 2026, ANM's emergency register lists 11 mining emergencies with 36 deaths.
From the emergency register ANM delivered to Mining Incidents in answer to a derecho de petición (radicado 20261004896502; answer 20263410388871). ANM register with emergencies through Sep 24, 2026 (extract of Sep 28, 2026, delivered Sep 30, 2026).
| Date | Vereda and mine | Accident type | Legal status | Killed | Injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2026 |
Sector Brasilia Arriba Vereda San Antonio
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere · Gold |
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere | Illicit | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 2025 |
Sector San Antonio, Finca Talinda · No se cuenta con la información
Ground failure · Gold |
Ground failure | Illicit | 7 | 0 |
| Jan 11, 2025 |
San Antonio · BRASILIA
Flooding · Gold |
Flooding | Illicit | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 21, 2022 |
San Antonio · CUBICO LOS CACAOS
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere · Gold |
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere | Illicit | 1 | 1 |
| Jul 27, 2022 |
Sector San Antonio · CÚBICO SECTOR SAN ANTONIO
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere · Gold |
Contaminated or unbreathable atmosphere | Illicit | 2 | 0 |
| Jan 12, 2022 |
Sector San Antonio · Brasilia
Flooding · Gold |
Flooding | Illicit | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 14, 2021 |
Sector Santa Lucia
Ground failure · Gold |
Ground failure | Illicit | 4 | 1 |
| Aug 5, 2020 |
San Antonio Sector Brasilia
Ground failure · Gold |
Ground failure | Illicit | 1 | 0 |
| Mar 20, 2018 |
San Antonio
Ground failure · Gold |
Ground failure | Illicit | 2 | 1 |
| Apr 1, 2016 |
SECTOR SAN ANTONIO
Ground failure · Gold |
Ground failure | Illicit | 4 | 1 |
| Apr 30, 2014 |
San Antonio
Slope instability · Gold · Expediente GDK-09E |
Slope instability | Illicit | 12 | 2 |
Each row is one emergency as ANM registers it. The mine's name is shown without the name of whoever works it, and the holder the register prints is never shown. The expediente is the one ANM prints. "Reported, not attended" marks emergencies ANM registered without its team attending.
| Year | Emergencies | Killed | Deaths, legal | Deaths, illicit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
“los hechos se registraron en la mañana del 12 de enero dentro de un cúbico donde se encontraban aproximadamente 15 personas laborando, con el avance de una guía rompieron y comunicaron una labor inundada la cual generó el derrumbe que dejó atrapado a un trabajador de nacionalidad venezolana, las otras personas lograron evacuar a superficie sin lesiones.”
“El Ministerio de Minas y Energía, en cabeza de la Viceministra de Minas, María Isabel Ulloa, hizo presencia en la zona de la tragedia del municipio de Santander de Quilichao, en donde murieron cuatro mineros quienes realizaban actividades de extracción ilícita en una mina ilegal de oro.”
Minminas visitó la zona de la tragedia en Santander de Quilichao, Cauca
“El incidente deja un lamentable saldo de 12 personas fallecidas y dos heridos.”
Concluyen operaciones de salvamento en Santander de Quilichao
“A las 17:50 horas de este sábado se reportaba la recuperación de 10 cuerpos.”
Continúan las labores de socorro en accidente minero en Santander de Quilichao
“Hasta el momento, infortunadamente se presentan tres víctimas fatales, dos heridos y se estima que puedan estar quince personas atrapadas.”
Agencia Nacional de Minería atiende nueva emergencia en mina ilegal
Each event is what one ANM press release states, with the sentence it rests on quoted verbatim. Tolls in a rescue-in-progress release are provisional; a later release about the same event is a separate entry. The count is a floor.