Two weeks after the end of the hostage crisis, 24 Peruvian miners who dug the tunnels used by government commandos to rescue 71 people from the Japanese ambassador’s residence and kill all the rebels have not returned home, this according to their union. The union sent a letter to the government-owned Centromín mining company, which hired the miners and engineers, asking it to say where the men are and to let them return to their family. News reports have said that two of the miners were killed or injured building the tunnels. And the secretive nature of the operation has led families to fear for their safety. Centromín would not comment on the miners’ whereabouts. The miners spent several weeks digging a network of tunnels under the residence where the rebels held the hostages. The military used the tunnels to stage the April 26 rescue, in which one hostage and two soldiers died. The 14 rebels who seized the hostages also were killed, it is believed a number of them executed. The union said the company began recruiting miners for the job on January 5th, offering to pay them $2,000 each. So far, the miners’ families have only received $1,000, and they have not received the miners back.