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Bodies Found in Sinaloa Search for 10 Kidnapped Vizsla Silver Workers

Prosecutors report a preliminary match to a missing worker, with forensic identification underway.

An aerial view of the town of Chirimoyos, Concordia, in Mexico's Sinaloa state, on Thursday. Authorities in Mexico said on Friday that they discovered the body of a person who may be one of 10 employees of a Canadian mining company kidnapped Jan. 23 near Concordia.
Vizsla Silver's Panuco mining project headquarters in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. Mexican authorities issued a statement Friday evening saying 'bodies and human remains' were found during the ongoing search for 10 Vizsla employees who were kidnapped three weeks ago from a city in Sinaloa.
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Overview

  • Remains were recovered in El Verde in the municipality of Concordia, where the company’s Pánuco project operates.
  • Authorities have not said how many bodies were found and no formal identifications have been announced.
  • Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the disappearances as the investigation continues.
  • More than 1,000 federal troops, including soldiers and marines, were deployed to support the search effort.
  • Officials say the area is controlled by the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa cartel, which is suspected in the kidnappings, and no motive has been established.