Gómez

She knew that Gómez and Barros were supposed to have her sister, but they had told her she ran away years before.

Gómez and Barros have been charged with forced slavery, inflicting bodily harm on a child and false imprisonment.

And the oldest of the workers, 63-year-old Mario Gómez, was appointed the group's spiritual leader.

In his letter to his wife, Mario Gómez also wrote: “The company needs to modernize.”

The men had managed to recharge their headlamps using the batteries from a digger and according to Gómez, had found water nearby.

It was founded at his own cost by Master-of-camp Pedro de Gómez.