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Zacatecas Lays to Rest Miners Killed After Concordia Abductions as Mexico’s Mining Sector Mobilizes

Calls for justice intensify as authorities probe the Concordia abductions.

Overview

  • In Cañitas de Felipe Pescador, the body of engineer José Ángel Hernández Vélez was received by his community and buried after being recovered in Concordia, Sinaloa.
  • In Sombrerete, relatives of Ignacio Aurelio Salazar Flores held a funeral and asked for privacy as friends and coworkers demanded accountability.
  • Five miners have been identified among those found dead in Concordia—with victims from Zacatecas, Sonora, Chihuahua and Guerrero—while five others remain unaccounted for.
  • Mining groups in Sonora announced a peaceful march in Hermosillo on February 14 at 11:00 a.m. from the AIMMG offices to the Cathedral, followed by a 7:00 p.m. memorial Mass at Santa Eduviges.
  • Sinaloa’s state prosecutor confirmed four clandestine graves in El Verde and said two bodies were recovered on February 9, including Hernández Vélez, as federal security agencies continue the investigation.