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The statement from the Mexican Attorney General’s Office did not
specify how many bodies or sets of remains were found, but said
that one of the bodies had the “characteristics of one of the
people reported as missing.”
The office also reported the arrests of four people believed to
be tied to the workers’ disappearances.
The Sinaloa state prosecutor’s office said the remains were
found in the community of El Verde, in the municipality of
Concordia, where the mine is located.
In the same area, the Navy reported the dismantling of 10 camps
that had been used by cartel members.
The mountainous region is one of various points in the state
where a turf war has played out for more than a year between two
rival factions of the Sinaloa cartel.
On Jan. 28, mining company Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver
reported the abduction of 10 people from its facilities. It said
it had alerted authorities and its crisis management and
security response teams were involved in the search.
The company did not immediately respond to an e-mailed request
for comment late Friday.
The federal government increased the number of troops deployed
to the state and launched an operation to find the workers.
Mines have been the target of organized crime on other occasions
in Mexico, as cartels see opportunities to extort or even sell
valuable ore themselves.
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