Rescued Miners’ Secrecy Pact Erodes in Spotlight

By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO and SIMON ROMERO

NYT

SAN JOSÉ MINE, Chile — Family members of the 33 miners who were trapped for 69 days had said a special Mass on Sunday would be a chance for the miners to find closure and understanding.

As one of them, Omar Reygadas, 56, left the service and walked with his family to the tent where they had lived while the men were trapped, cameramen and photographers surrounded him. His 2-year-old great-granddaughter was pushed in the mob and began to cry. As Mr. Reygadas picked her up, cameramen moved closer, zooming in.

Wearing a ball cap and sunglasses, Mr. Reygadas remained calm in the media glare, but he revealed little of what the world had been waiting to hear: the miners’ own stories about life in their subterranean prison.

“I’ve had nightmares these days,” Mr. Reygadas said from the cramped tent, as reporters jostled for space. “But the worst nightmare is all of you.”

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