“We are searching, all the institutions of the security cabinet are involved, and we are already participating in the investigation […] A cell of Los Chapitos operates in this area; we have identified one of the leaders and we are searching for him,” stated Omar García Harfuch, head of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), regarding the kidnapping of 10 mine workers in Sinaloa.
Later, the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) reported in February that one of the bodies found by authorities was that of one of the miners who worked in Concordia.
It wasn’t until February 8 that reports began to emerge about the identities of at least three people on the list of kidnapped workers; these are two men from Zacatecas.
The first case is that of José Ángel Hernández Vélez, who is from Cañitas Felipe Pescador, Zacatecas.
Shortly after the first miner was identified, reports indicated that the second was José Manuel Castañeda Hernández.
The workers had been missing since January 23, and the Canadian company Vizsla Silver confirmed the kidnapping of 10 people in Concordia.
At the time of publication, no authority had released a statement or details about the bodies found in Sinaloa, despite the fact that, following the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) report, the search collectives Sabuesos Guerreras, A.C. and Por las voces sin justicia A.C. demanded the release of information about the findings in Sinaloa.
“Uncertainty is a form of torture; the families need to know what is being found to identify possible signs of their loved ones,” reads one of the statements.
