Monday, October 18, 2010

Will Chilean Miners Break PACT OF SILENCE For The Right Price?

 Apparently, some of the rescued Chilean miners are willing to tell their story for the right price, despite a promise made between all 33 of them that none would reveal details about the worst of their 69-day ordeal buried underground, according to the article below. There are also rumors that some of the miners have already reached deals to tell their story.  It would seems impossible for this kind of information to be kept secret anyway, considering that all of them have families who are now hearing all the details.
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Chilean miners may break pact of silence, for the right price
BY Jaime Uribarri  Monday, October 18th 2010, 5:25 PM

"So much for a pact of silence.

Some of the rescued Chilean miners are apparently willing to tell their story for the right price, despite a promise made between all 33 of them that none would reveal details about the worst of their 69-day ordeal buried underground.

During a special Sunday mass held in honor of last week’s dramatic rescue, miner Jorge Galleguillos said that the pact was non-binding and hinted that he’s entertaining offers to spill the beans on exactly what happened.

'I have to think about myself,' he argued, without going into specifics about what information he’d be willing to share.

There are also rumors that some of the miners have already reached deals to tell their story. El Mercurio reported last week that Victor Segovia agreed to sell the contents of the journal he kept during his time in the mine for $50,000 to German newspaper Bild.

Mario Sepúlveda also recently spoke to Britian’s Mail, although he mainly used the interview to dispel rumors of homosexuality between the miners.

"Saying we had sex down there with each other is just plain wrong", he said. "There are some things I will never talk about. But they are things that would embarrass some of the kids (younger miners). Nothing sexual, more that they acted like kids."

Meanwhile, Yonni Barrios, whose love triangle with his mistress and estranged wife played out in front of the world, took to the airwaves to contradict the popularly held notion that foreman Luis Urzúa was the leader of the group.

"Mario Sepúlveda was the one was in charge (down in the mine), the one who controlled everything and made sure things didn’t get out of hand, "he told Chile’s TV National, adding that Urzúa "wasn’t capable"of overseeing things.


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