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Friday, January 30, 2026

Ten Engineers Kidnapped from Canadian Silver Mine in Concordia, Sinaloa

By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat



Ten employees of a silver mine in Concordia, Sinaloa, including engineers and security guards have gone missing since 23 January. Their families claim that they were kidnapped by an armed group.

According to local reporting, around 7:00 a.m., a group of armed men arrived at the La Clementina neighborhood where their employer was providing housing. The victims were forced aboard vehicles and have not been seen since.



The silver mine is leased by the Canadian mining firm Vizsla Silver Corp, who confirmed the kidnapping of their ten workers in a press release on their website yesterday. The company mention that "certain activities" have been suspended at the mine site.

The town of Concordia is 45 kilometers east of Mazatlan, a region that is currently violently contested by the Mayos and Chapitos factions of the Sinaloa Cartel.


Precious-metal mining operations are an attractive target for organized crime: they are asset-rich, geographically fixed, and often operated by foreign firms with weak internal security and senior leadership far removed from local realities. As silver prices sit at historic highs, criminal groups are viewing mine personnel, production, and logistics as leverage points for kidnapping, extortion, and theft.

Further, precious metals also offer dual utility for criminal networks, serving both as a high-value theft target and as an effective vehicle for money laundering.


16 comments:

  1. As Jessie Ventura says, life is much easier and better in Mexico, which proves his insanity.

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    1. Jessie Ventura, fomerly a SEAL, a Mongol MC member and a governor of the State of Montana IS insane, but the trumpanzee community can't make a fool out of him...
      It is a shame that soo many rational republicans with religious values volunteer so easy to kiss the shoes of their favorite god-mini-lord,so ready to fall on their sword for his ass that doesn't give a fuck about them or anybody else.

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    2. It is. This is as rare as a school shooting in the US. Lmao

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  2. Will this be the straw that breaks the camels back?

    Pseudo-nuffy Nuff Said-

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    1. 4:27 more than the straw,
      it could be the "idea",
      except, i don't think canada is into ideas like that, specially when Alberta conspirators have.been caught working with trumpanzee administration members conspiring against Canada whose mining ops in Mexico are totally fraudulent.

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  3. If true, a fire storm going to hit Mexico.

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  4. Who's in charge of Escuinapa?
    Plaza boss?
    Is it Chapo or Mayo territory?

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  5. This seems stupid and will bring the heat on Mexico-BAD. I hope the Canadians are returned, living.

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  6. Somehow, someway and someone is going to find that war and ain’t going to be Jalisco

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  7. Nothing to see here just another mass kidnapping in Mexico that’ll go unsolved and no consequences regardless of these poor bastards are released or savagely butchered.

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  8. We don't need Noem.
    She lies like a witch.
    Labels all Latinos Rapists.
    Labels US citizens Domestic Terrorist.
    Una Monterosa a la Pluta.

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  9. Hi 👋 borderlandbeat, have you guys seen the recent video from zacatecas where it a cartel is supposed to be fighting a police force from zacatecas,and it looks to me that the cartel hitman got struck by a missil , they caim that it was a home made granede dropped by a dron , but fiven the magnitude of the explossion it lloks to me that maybe a usa 🇺🇸 trump dron fired a missile to the cartel members.

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  10. Mexico's problem is lack of education, social security, decentralized government and many other things , the cartels are a really nasty consequence of all of that. And no it's not just the US fault as many people try to pivot to. Mexicans themselves must change these things , it is such a beautiful country with amazing and wonderful, generous people ,amazing food, i really wish some day it becomes a better place to live in . Greetings from Croatia, from your dear El Croata.

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  11. Pero ahi andan de calientes.
    Carlos Slim Helu quiere robarse toda la mineria mexicana, for his own good, not for the country's good, he was partners with Genarco Garcia Luna in about 500 LLCs in florida.
    The Larreas are another crooked family of rats, love to steal mines and silver and gold.

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