Overview
- Juan Díaz, who vanished Thursday after going to retrieve a fallen drone, was found alive Friday morning by Army search teams near the Santa Fe mine in El Rosario, Sinaloa.
- Colleagues said his drone lost signal and went down about 500 meters from the work area, and N+ reported a signal inhibitor may have caused the loss before Díaz entered thick terrain and lost contact.
- Sedena led a large search that used 496 personnel, three UH-60 helicopters with night vision, 15 drones including one with thermal imaging, five search dog teams, and 60 vehicles.
- Officials said Díaz was in stable condition with signs of dehydration, received on-site medical care, and would be taken to the Sinaloa state prosecutor’s office in Mazatlán to give a statement.
- The case unfolded during ongoing efforts to rescue miners trapped after a March 25 tailings dam collapse, in a rural zone long contested by rival criminal groups that have also used drones for surveillance and attacks.