The Mexican Justice confirmed on Monday, February 9, that five of the ten workers of a Canadian mining company who disappeared in Sinaloa, in the northwest of the country, were found dead. The workers disappeared more than two weeks ago and worked for the Viszla Silver mining company. Authorities indicated that five other bodies are in the process of identification.

First modification: 02/10/2026 - 02:04

"We have been informed by several families that their loved ones, our colleagues, who were kidnapped in the Concordia mine (Mexico), have been found dead," the Vancouver-based Viszla company initially said in a statement, without specifying the number of deaths.

Later, the Mexican Attorney General's Office (FGR) confirmed the discovery and identification of the bodies of five of the ten missing miners in Sinaloa.

"In follow-up to the investigation initiated by the disappearance of 10 workers from a mining company, in the state of Sinaloa, the FGR, in permanent coordination with the Security Cabinet of the Government of Mexico, carried out the identification of five bodies located on a property located in the town of El Verde, in the municipality of La Concordia," the institution reported.

Ten workers were kidnapped on January 23 at the mine located in the troubled state of Sinaloa, a Mexican region hit by a wave of violence by drug trafficking cartels.

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The Prosecutor's Office had already announced on Friday that the authorities found a body that could be one of the miners and were carrying out tests to establish his identification.

Four people have been arrested as part of the operation and the Government reinforced the search efforts for the miners, with the deployment of 1,190 troops, three helicopters and two planes.

Vizsla president Michael Konnert said the company is "devastated by this outcome and the tragic loss of life."

This same Monday, the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, stated that her Government is in contact with the families of the kidnapped.

With EFE and Reuters

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