The General Attorney's Office of the Republic (FGR) reported that as part of the investigation into the disappearance of 10 workers from a mining company in Sinaloa, bodies and human remains were located during operations carried out in the municipality of Concordia. According to the FGR, one of the bodies has characteristics similar to one of the missing persons, so expert studies are being carried out to confirm their identity. One of the bodies found has characteristics similar to one of the missing persons. In a statement, the federal authority detailed that the actions are carried out in coordination with the Security Cabinet of the Government of Mexico, through the work of the Criminal Investigation Agency, the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection, the Secretariat of National Defense, and the National Guard. These tasks include searches, processing of evidence, and searching for elements that help clarify the facts. The FGR specified that, as a result of the proceedings led by the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime, four people were arrested, who are now in the custody of the corresponding authority. Likewise, expert and ministerial personnel continue to build the investigation file. The FGR emphasized that the detained persons are presumed innocent until a guilty verdict is issued by the competent judicial authority. You may be interested | Four alleged perpetrators in the kidnapping of miners in Sinaloa fall. On February 4, state authorities of Sinaloa reported that four people were arrested in operations carried out in the municipality of Concordia, in towns such as El Verde, where long-type AK-47 weapons, magazines, cartridges, and tactical vests were secured. In another action, the seizure of a SCAR rifle, a pistol, and ammunition was reported. Additionally, the prosecutor of Sinaloa, Claudia Sánchez Kondo, told local media that after five searches in the municipalities of Mazatlán and Concordia, belongings of the missing miners were found, including identification cards, phones, and a laptop. Kidnapping of miners in Sinaloa uncovers extortion network: María Idalia Gómez. The investigative journalist María Idalia Gómez stated that at least 10 workers and engineers linked to a Canadian mining company were kidnapped in Sinaloa as retaliation for refusing to pay an extortion scheme operated by a cell of Los Chapitos, with possible links to municipal and state authorities. You may be interested | Kidnapping of miners in Sinaloa uncovers extortion network: María Idalia Gómez. In an interview for Aristegui en Vivo, given on Friday, February 6, she pointed out that the number of victims could reach 14 and that the case is being jointly investigated by Mexico, the United States, and Canada due to the severity of the attack against a foreign company. Gómez warned that the increase in extortions in the mining sector reflects the reaction of organized crime to international supply blockades and alerted that the country is facing a new stage of economic violence, whose consequences are already being seen in the lives of the families of the kidnapped people. See here the complete participation of María Idalia this Friday:
