Families of deceased coal miners killed four years ago in an explosion at the Pasta de Conchos coal mine in Coahuila, Mexico, today filed suit in U.S. federal court in Arizona seeking damages from Grupo Mexico Inc. and related companies.

The lawsuit was filed by the United Steelworkers union in U.S. District Court in Phoenix on behalf of three widows whose husbands were among 65 coal miners killed in the Mexican disaster.

The miners were trapped underground on Feb. 19, 2006 when a powerful methane explosion rocked the mine in the early morning hours of an overnight shift ... more