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.