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Canadian mining firm says bodies of abducted workers found
Five bodies of abducted workers were identified in clandestine graves amid escalating cartel violence and turf wars in Sinaloa, where over 7,000 people remain missing, officials said.
- On Feb. 9, 2026, Vizsla Silver Corp. said families informed the company that relatives taken from its Concordia project on Jan. 23 have been found deceased, and it awaits Mexican authorities' confirmation.
- An 18-month civil war between Sinaloa Cartel factions has driven a surge in violence around Concordia, with authorities suspecting a cell linked to Los Chapitos was behind the mining employees' kidnapping.
- Jaime Castañeda said he identified his 43-year-old geologist brother Sunday, while two other Vizsla employees from Zacatecas were also confirmed dead, Zacatecas state Attorney General Cristian Paul Camacho said.
- Authorities confirmed bodies and human remains at El Verde, about 15 kilometres north of Concordia, last week, while heavily armed Mexican troops patrolled the area after the discovery.
- Vizsla said families told the company relatives kidnapped in Concordia have been found deceased, amid 2,776 homicides and 3,290 missing since 2024, with kidnappings possibly strategic messages, authorities said.
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Ten bodies have been found in the search for kidnapped Canadian miners in Mexico. Five of them have been identified. The Canadian miners were kidnapped on January 23rd from a silver mine in the state of Sinaloa, in northwestern Mexico. According to security authorities, the area is controlled by Los Chapitos, a branch of the Sinaloa Cartel named after the sons of convicted drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. The miners' bodies were buried near …
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5 Canadian mining company workers found dead in Mexico, authorities confirm
Mexican authorities say that five of the 10 missing workers from a mine operated by a Canadian company in the northwestern state of Sinaloa have been identified among 10 bodies found in clandestine graves last week in a nearby community.
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