1190 military personnel are being sent to locate the 10 missing miners in Concordia, Sinaloa. High tension is southern Sinaloa as war extends throughout the state.

 CHAR 

FEBRUARY 1, 2026

THIS INFORMATION WAS POSTED BY 24 HORAS MX

Through his social media accounts, Rubén Rocha Moya announced the arrival of 1,190 members of the Mexican armed forces in Sinaloa. This deployment aims to assist in the search for the miners who went missing in the municipality of Concordia a couple of days ago.

"Following instructions from the President of Mexico, Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, and General Ricardo Trevilla, Secretary of National Defense, as of today, Sunday, February 1st, the search operation for the missing miners in the municipality of Concordia is being significantly reinforced," the governor announced.

According to the governor, 800 Army personnel, 270 Special Forces members, 100 National Guard officers, and 20 investigators will arrive in Sinaloa. They will be supported by three armed helicopters and two T6C-Texan aircraft.

It's worth noting that the Sinaloa Attorney General's Office has opened an investigation into the disappearance of the miners in the municipality of Concordia. The incident reportedly occurred on January 24th after a report was made to 911.

It is estimated that 10 workers, including miners, engineers, and security personnel, were victims of kidnapping. No further details have been released regarding the illegal detention of these employees of Vizsla Silver Group.

Finally, it was stated that the top priority is to locate the miners who went missing in Concordia. This includes pursuing all possible lines of investigation regarding the disappearance of these individuals.

SOURCE: 24 HORAS MX 

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Two civilians deprived from freedom freed and five men arrested with arsenal in Mazatlán: Sinaloa

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This informatiion was posted by RIODOCE 

Author | Editor

Date | January 13, 2025

Time | 8:31 am

Local and federal authorities achieved the release of two people who had been deprived of their freedom and the arrest of five men who were seized with an arsenal, drugs and armored vehicles in Tecomate de la Noria, in Mazatlán, during surveillance patrols.

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Armed Group Raids A Luxurious Condominium In Mazatlan, Sinaloa, On Tuesday At Dawn, 09/17/2024

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The subsequent video below shows a heavily armed group raiding a luxurious condominium in the port of Mazatlan, Sinaloa. The armed group can be seen with long weapons, and one specific male subject has a sledgehammer that is being used to open a door that appears to be some type of armored door since they struggle to get the door open, and even take turns using the sledgehammer. 

The Mazatlan Plaza is controlled by the Los Chapitos or Los Menores faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. The two high-ranking lieutenants of the Los Chapos that control this key Plaza are Oscar Noe Medina Gonzalez "El Panu" or "El Lobo" and Luis Angel Castañeda Peña "El 40" or "El Titan". Both El Panu and El 40, are believed to have direct contact with Ivan Archivaldo and Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, El Panu is the principal deputy of Ivan Archivaldo according to the U.S. Department Of State. 

ARMED GROUP RAIDS CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX IN MAZATLAN 

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“|📌An armed group broke into a residential condominium in Mazatlan called Torre Boca del Cielo, according to the scarce information from local authorities it was established that seven hooded men with heavy caliber weapons ‘burst’ the access to one of the apartments of the complex located in Olas Altas south of Mazatlan. 

From there five people were forcibly taken out who were deprived of their freedom which were said to be originally from Coahuila.”

Source: La Pared Noticias 

Journalism Without Barriers"

SOURCE: LA PARED NOTICIAS PERIODISMO SIN BARRERAS, U.S. DEPARMENT OF STATE

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5 Executed and Vehicles Set on Fire

Mazatlan, Sinaloa - Five people dead and several vehicles destroyed was the result in a cruel attack against a used car sales business located in the community of Torremolinos.

Two of those killed were identified by relatives at the crime scene as Edgar Gonzalez Orozco, 20, and Daniel Antonio Diaz Portiño, 30, The injured were identified by police as Erenesto called Soler Jorge Osuna, 42, who died minutes later at the Hospital.

At around 100 hours a group of sicarios arrived to the car lot "JJ" aboard a red Dodge Nitro and a white Chevrolet. They held the five employees at gunpoint and ordered then inside the office. Once inside the sicarios started firing at the five employees with AK-47's who fell mortally injured to the floor.

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Two Mazatlan Officers Executed

Two municipal police officers were killed in a confrontation against sicarios.

Mazatlán, Sinaloa.-  The shooting occurred at 7:25 pm Tuesday when the two officers were on patrol in vehicle # 57. The driver of the police unit was Maximino Garcia Ortiz, alias "El Coyote," who held the position of chief operating officer of the South district and his passenger was officer Julio Cesar Trujillo. Several Sicarios that were on board a gray SUV Nitro pulled next to the officers and began firing at them.

Trujillo got out of the police vehicle to attempt to engage the sicarios but was shot numerous times. He fell to the ground and was hit by a city bus launching him several feet away. Trujillo was killed instantly from the gunfire.

Garcia Ortiz continued to drive away but lost control forcing him to veer off the road. He then was shot from the front of the vehicle and died instantly while sitting inside the vehicle. Both officers sustained fatal gunshots to the body and head.

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Police Executed in Mazatlan

State police chief is executed in the the community known as the Golden Zone.

Mazatlan, Sinaloa- At 1515 hours today a state police chief was killed in a shootout.

The police chief, Cecilio Elias Tinoco, was killed while traveling on board a blue and gold SUV Explorer with plates, VLF-2541, on Rafel Buelna Avenue around 1515 hours.

The incident occurred on Rafael Buelna Avenuein in front of the hotel San Diego. A group of sicarios that were travelling in another vehicle shot miltiple times at the driver's side of the vehicle. The sicarios then got out of their vehicle and shot up the SUV killing the officer.

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