Bodies of 3 kidnapped miners found in a mass Sinaloa grave

Authorities person identified the remains of 3 employees of the Canadian mining steadfast Vizsla Silver Corp who were kidnapped connected Jan. 23 from an worker lodging area adjacent La Concordia, located successful the mountains astir 250 kilometers northeast of the Sinaloa authorities superior of Culiacán.

The whereabouts of the different 7 kidnap victims is inactive unknown.

🔴La presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum informó que hay detenidos por el caso de los mineros desaparecidos en Sinaloa.

“Estamos cerca de las familias, que nary vuelva a pasar”, expresó la presidenta a familiares de los mineros. pic.twitter.com/FWYox76j57

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President Claudia Sheinbaum said connected Monday that federal authorities person made “several arrests” successful narration to the case, adding that those successful custody person been speaking to prosecutors.

The bodies were recovered implicit the play successful an precocious authorities of decomposition, forcing the authorities to transportation retired specialized forensic tests to corroborate the identities of the victims.

The remains were recovered successful a wide sedate successful El Verde, a tiny assemblage northbound of La Concordia. Authorities person yet to corroborate however galore quality remains were recovered astatine the tract and person declined to supply further details related to the forensic analysis. 

The Madres Buscadoras de Sonora (a corporate of mothers searching for their missing loved ones successful the neighboring authorities of Sonora) told the paper El Universal paper that  at slightest 20 bodies were recovered in the wide grave. Their efforts to summation entree to the morgue successful hopes of verifying if their loved ones are among the recovered remains person been unsuccessful frankincense far.

In a connection released connected Monday morning, Vizsla Silver said it had been informed by a fig of families that “their relatives, our colleagues, who were taken from the Company’s task tract successful Concordia, Mexico, person been recovered deceased.”

Vizsla president and CEO Michael Konnert expressed heavy sorrow implicit the deaths, extending condolences to the victims’ families, colleagues and the full La Concordia community. 

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“We are devastated by this result and the tragic nonaccomplishment of life,” helium said. “Our absorption remains connected the harmless betterment of those who stay missing and connected supporting each affected families and our radical during this incredibly hard time.”

The 3 confirmed victims person been identified arsenic José Ángel Hernández Velez, Ignacio Aurelio Salazar Flores and José Manuel Castañeda Hernández. The archetypal 2 were engineers from the authorities of Zacatecas and Castañeda was a geologist from Taxco, Guerrero.

The nationalist mining assemblage besides issued a statement mourning the decease of the miners and extending condolences to the victims’ families.

With reports from La Jornada, El Universal, Proceso and Milenio