US EditionB.C. mining firm says 10 people abducted in Mexico
Ten employees were abducted amid ongoing cartel violence in Sinaloa, prompting Vizsla Silver to suspend some operations and activate crisis response teams.
- A Vancouver-based miner, Vizsla Silver, said ten employees were taken at its Panuco project near Concordia in Sinaloa, working on a silver and gold mining project.
- Ongoing cartel fighting in Sinaloa has gripped the state since 2024 and left thousands dead and disappeared across Sinaloa state, western Mexico.
- Vizsla Silver notified Mexican authorities, activated crisis management and security response teams, and suspended some site activities while CBC News sought additional information.
- No government offices immediately answered requests for comment: Global Affairs Canada could not be immediately reached and Mexico's Security and Citizen Protection Secretariat and Sinaloa Attorney General's Office did not respond.
- Local media report most abducted appear to be Mexican nationals, and Vizsla Silver said the incident is currently under investigation and information remains limited.
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10 'taken' from B.C. firm's Mexican mine site, but Global Affairs says no Canadians - OHS Canada Magazine
By Darryl Greer Global Affairs Canada says it is monitoring a security incident at a Vancouver-based mining firm’s project in Concordia, Mexico, where 10 people have been abducted, but it’s not aware of any missing Canadians. Vizlas Silver Corp. says in a statement issued Wednesday that 10 people were “taken” from its mine site in Mexico. Vizsla says the security incident happened at its Panuco project site, a gold and silver mining operation in…
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10 'taken' from B.C. firm's Mexican mine site, but Global Affairs says no Canadians
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Vancouver-based mining company Vizsla Silver says 10 of its workers have been kidnapped in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa. Vizsla Silver said in a Jan. 28 statement that “10 individuals have been taken” from a project site in the city of Concordia. The company is developing a silver and gold mining project in the area. “Local authorities have been notified, and the Company’s crisis management and security response teams are actively engage…
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