Santiago de Chile, Jan 15 (DPA) The Chilean government said Friday that international rescue workers had located 23 survivors in the rubble of a hotel in Haiti.

Chile's presidential envoy to Haiti, Juan Gabriel Valdes, told Cooperativa radio that the survivors were located in the rubble of the Hotel Montano, where most international functionaries to Haiti stay.

'We found them during the night,' the diplomat said, while not specifying the nationalities of the survivors. He said rescue workers from different nations were working in the area.