Ten mining workers kidnapped and killed

Ten Mexican workers from Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver were kidnapped at gunpoint on January twenty-third from a silver mining project in Sinaloa. Their bodies were later found buried in clandestine graves.

Five cartel members arrested for the murders

Mexican authorities arrested five men linked to the kidnappings on Sunday. Mexico's defense ministry said the suspects belonged to a faction of the Sinaloa cartel, identifying one as Jesus Abraham, alias Taliban.

Workers mistaken for rival cartel members

The government said the workers were mistaken for members of a rival faction of the Sinaloa cartel, which has been torn apart by internecine fighting since September twenty twenty-four.

Family grieves loss of worker

Jaime Castañeda identified his brother José Manuel Castañeda Hernández, forty-three, a husband and father of two, by viewing photos shown by local officials.He told CBC News, "It's so hard to see how they suffer.

“It's so hard to see how they suffer. There's no justice with what's happening.”