The Chilean miners' doomed pact of silence

Some of "Los 33" have already broken their famous pact of silence about the first 17 days underground. Who did it, why, and what did they say?

Mario Sepulveda was the first to break the miners' pact of silence but others soon followed.
(Image credit: Corbis)

Just days after the 33 Chilean miners were freed from their underground prison, the unity that helped them survive the 69-day ordeal has already begun to unravel. While underground, the miners famously agreed to keep silent about the first harrowing 17 days of their entrapment, before rescuers located them. But under intense media pressure, the pact is beginning to break down. (Watch a CBS report about the pact.) Here's a quick guide:

Who broke the pact first?

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