There is no chance of survival for 65 miners trapped underground in northern Mexico for almost a week, the mine owners have said.
It had been hoped some miners, most trapped at least 2km (1.25 miles) inside the mine, might have survived if air pockets were present.
But now the mine company has told relatives there is no further hope.
Grupo Mexico, said tests of air in the mine showed there was not enough oxygen for people to survive.
Mine director "Ruben Escudero told us all the miners were dead," Juan Hernandez, whose nephew Margarito Zamoran is one of the missing at the Pasta de Conchas mine, told the AFP news agency.
"There's nothing more to be done," he added.
(BBC)
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