A Canadian company has confirmed that nine of its 10 employees who disappeared from a mining site in Mexico are dead.
The 10 Mexican workers were abducted from the mine in the state of Sinaloa in late January. In February, Mexican authorities discovered 10 bodies, but at the time were only able to identify five.
The company, Vizsla Silver, has now confirmed nine of those workers’ bodies have been identified. Vizsla Silver said in a statement it is in close contact with the family of the 10th worker, as Mexican authorities continue to investigate. The company says it continues to support authorities in that investigation.
Mexican officials say the mine is in an area controlled by a faction of the Sinaloa cartel known as “los Chapitos” — led by the sons of the now-imprisoned cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.
At a march in Hermosillo, Sonora, in the weeks after the workers disappeared, advocates called on the government to do more to improve the security situation in the country and guarantee safety for miners.
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