Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver has confirmed that nine of its 10 workers abducted in Concordia, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, in late January have been found dead.
“Nine colleagues have now been found deceased,” the company said in a news release. It added that the company “remains in close contact with the family of one colleague who remains missing and continues to support the authorities in their ongoing investigation.”
The workers were kidnapped on Jan. 23. Ten bodies were found in February in Concordia, about 50 kilometres east of Mazatlán. At the time, the Mexican attorney general’s office said five of the workers had been identified.
Two more of the workers were later confirmed dead, while three remained missing.
"At one point, Mexico said it was investigating whether the company itself bore any responsibility for the kidnapping.
“We have to … look into exactly what the labour conditions were for these miners and see if there is or isn’t responsibility,” on the part of Vizsla Silver Corp. employees, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Feb. 13."
Well that’s an interesting bit there.
So it’s possible these guys kidnapped might have done something to anger the local cartel. Like harm civilians and locals.
These guys were staying in a gated community.
Doesn’t seem like any ransom was put up.
Yeah cartels won’t fuck around just for fun, especially foreigners.
Probably someone forgot to wire the monthly bribes. Come on Canada, paying the local bully is neocolonialism 101.
