By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
A cameraman films the radiation head that was part of a radiation therapy machine, in the patio of the family who found the stolen equipment abandoned in a nearby field, in the village of Hueypoxtla, Mexico, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. The truck that was hauling the equipment was found abandoned Wednesday about 40 kilometers (24 miles) from where it was stolen, and the container for the radioactive material was found opened. Authorities continued to work on Friday at the site where the material was found to extract it safely. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mexico Radioactive Theft
A police documents the surrounding area of the home where authorities found stolen obsolete radiation therapy equipment carried there by a family who found it nearby in the village of Hueypoxtla, Mexico, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. The truck that was hauling the equipment was found abandoned Wednesday about 40 kilometers (24 miles) from where it was stolen, and the container for the radioactive material was found opened. Authorities continued to work on Friday at the site where the material was found to extract it safely. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mexico Radioactive Theft
A resident riding atop a donkey greets federal police parked near the home where authorities found stolen obsolete radiation therapy equipment carried there by a family who found it nearby in the village of Hueypoxtla, Mexico, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. The truck that was hauling the equipment was found abandoned Wednesday about 40 kilometers (24 miles) from where it was stolen, and the container for the radioactive material was found opened. Authorities continued to work on Friday at the site where the material was found to extract it safely. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mexico Radioactive Theft
A Mexican Federal Police vehicle drives in a field near the house where authorities found stolen obsolete radiation therapy equipment carried there by a family who found it in a nearby field, in the village of Hueypoxtla, Mexico Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. The truck that was hauling the equipment was found abandoned Wednesday about 40 kilometers (24 miles) from where it was stolen, and the container for the radioactive material was found opened. Authorities continued to work on Friday at the site where the material was found to extract it safely. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mexico Radioactive Theft
A man rides past the Marie Curie kindergarten, across the street from a house where authorities found stolen obsolete radiation therapy equipment carried there by a family who found it nearby in the village of Hueypoxtla, Mexico, Thursday, Dec, 5, 2013. National nuclear safety officials were engaged Thursday in the delicate task of recovering a stolen shipment of highly radioactive cobalt-60 presumed to be found in this rural field in central Mexico state. The missing shipment of radioactive cobalt-60 was found Wednesday near where the stolen truck transporting the material was abandoned in central Mexico. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Mexico Radioactive Theft
Men stand next to an unidentified vehicle inside a cordoned off area in a field near the village of Hueypoxtla, Mexico, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. National nuclear safety officials were engaged Thursday in the delicate task of recovering a stolen shipment of highly radioactive cobalt-60 presumed to be found in this rural field in central Mexico state. The missing shipment of radioactive cobalt-60 was found Wednesday near where the stolen truck transporting the material was abandoned in central Mexico. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Health authorities say that six people being checked for possible radiation exposure have been released from the hospital but remain under detention.
Hidalgo state Health Department says in a statement that the six men, ages 16 to 38, were given medical attention and all are reported to be in stable condition.
A spokeswoman with Hidalgo’s Health Department says that only the 16-year-old showed signs of radiation exposure and that he too is in good health.
An official with federal prosecutors says the men will be turned to investigators for questioning in the theft of highly radioactive cobalt-60.
Both officials spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because they aren’t allowed to discuss the ongoing investigation.
