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A Vancouver-based mining company says 10 of its workers have been abducted from a project site near Concordia, a city gripped by cartel civil war since 2024.
In a statement posted on his website, Vizsla Silver said, “Ten individuals were taken” and that “The case is currently under investigation and information is limited.”
A company statement said Mexican authorities had been notified and “crisis management and security response teams are actively engaged.”
Vizsla Silver says it has stopped some activity on the site.
The company is developing a silver and gold mine project called Panuco in Sinaloa.
Global Affairs Canada could not immediately be reached for comment.
Local media reports indicate that most of the abducted workers are Mexican nationals.
The Sinaloa attorney general’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Mexico’s Secretariat of Security and Civil Protection did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The ongoing civil war within the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world’s most powerful international organized crime groups, has left thousands dead and lost territory.
CBC News reached out to Vizsla Silver for more information.