{"id":464362,"date":"2026-02-09T20:15:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/464362\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T20:15:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:15:55","slug":"abducted-mexico-workers-found-dead-canadian-mining-company-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/464362\/","title":{"rendered":"Abducted Mexico workers found dead, Canadian mining company says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadian miner\u00a0Vizsla\u00a0Silver\u00a0said on Monday workers who were abducted from the company\u2019s project site in Concordia, Mexico<\/a>, have been found dead.<\/p>\n

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Last month, the Vancouver-based company had reported that 10 of its workers were abducted from its Panuco project in Mexico.<\/p>\n

The miner said it is awaiting confirmation from the Mexican authorities and will provide further updates.<\/p>\n

Shares of the company were down 7.1 per cent in morning trading.<\/p>\n

Mexican authorities said on Friday that at least one body matching the characteristics of one of 10 mine workers who were kidnapped from a mine in northern Sinaloa state late last month was found in a clandestine grave.<\/p>\n

Mexico\u2019s Attorney General\u2019s Office said steps were being taken to confirm the victim\u2019s identity and collect evidence from the grave in Concordia, where remains of several other bodies were found some 45 km (28 miles) east of the Pacific coast city of Mazatlan. Police were yet to formally identify any of the bodies.<\/p>\n

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Family members interviewed by Reuters said some of the workers at the Vizsla\u00a0Silver\u00a0Corp mine who went missing had received threats from organized crime groups in the area including the Chapitos, a faction of the Sinaloa cartel led by the sons of ex-Mexican drug lord Joaquin \u201cEl Chapo\u201d Guzman.<\/p>\n

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Security Minister Omar Garcia confirmed last month that the area where the miners went missing is under the control of the Chapitos. The\u00a0silver\u00a0mine has been closed since the kidnapping.<\/p>\n

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Authorities have yet to establish a reason as to why the group was kidnapped on January 23.<\/p>\n

Jaime Lopez, the uncle of Pablo Osorio, a 26-year-old engineer and one of the men who went missing, said as the family was poor they would not be able to afford a ransom.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are devastated,\u201d he said, adding he had not wanted his nephew to go to Concordia as it was dangerous, but it was the only place that had responded to his job applications when he finished his degree three years ago. \u201cWe are going to do everything in our power to find him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe can\u2019t believe it,\u201d he said in tears after hearing of the mass grave. Lopez said he was awaiting news from the authorities to find out whether his nephew was among the remains found at the site.<\/p>\n

Mexico\u2019s government sent over 1,000 troops, including soldiers and elite marines, to the area this weekend to locate the missing miners. On Thursday, four suspects were arrested over the case.<\/p>\n

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