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Mexican authorities arrested five men linked to the kidnapping and murder of 10 workers from Canadian mining firm Vizsla Silver in Sinaloa. The victims, all Mexican nationals, were abducted at gunpoint in January and later found in clandestine graves. Officials attribute the killings to a faction of the Sinaloa cartel that mistakenly identified the workers as rivals.
Mexican authorities identified five of Vizsla Silver Corp.’s ten missing workers from the Concordia mine among ten bodies found in clandestine graves in Sinaloa, with four arrests reported as investigators press on amid cartel-related violence; Vizsla says it’s devastated and is supporting affected families while awaiting further confirmation.
Mexican authorities identified five of the 10 workers abducted from Vizsla Silver Corp.’s Concordia project in Sinaloa among 10 bodies found in clandestine graves, with the remaining victims awaiting identification. Vizsla expressed devastation, authorities pursue investigations and arrests, and security forces were deployed as cartel violence in the region intensifies.
Some of Vizsla Silver's 10 workers abducted from a Concordia, Mexico site have been found dead; the company awaits confirmation from authorities and will support families while continuing to search for the remaining missing employees; a relative identified one of the deceased as geologist José Manuel Castañeda Hernández.