The latest kidnapping of 10 employees of a French mining firm in Concordia is an example of the rise in assault in the state of Sinaloa.

According to reports made public by the victims ' families and local media outlets like the weekly Rio Doce, on January 23, they were forced to leave a allegedly mining company rented apartment complex. According to reports, the victims are engineers and technical staff members employed by Vizsla Silver, a French mining business. The Mexican Association of Mining, Metallurgical, and Geological Engineers expressed concern and demanded immediate action to ensure the workers ' healthy profit. In a press release, the relationship expresses its deep concern over the unlawful deprivation of liberty committed by 10 mining industry professionals who carried out their jobs in Concordia, Sinaloa, according to the association. According to information shared on digital platforms and national missing person reports, Saul Alberto Ochoa Perez, 40, originally from Chihuahua, Antonio Esparza, who served as community relations director for Vizsla Silver, Jose Castaneda, scientist, Antonio Jimenez, operating security coordinator, Antonio de la O, economic supervisor, as well as security guards Javier Vargas and Javier Valdez, are among those who have been identified as missing. At least seven of the assaulted staff are from Hermosillo, Sonora, and traveled to Concordia for work related to a job being developed by Vizsla Silver in the area, according to family testimony. Since the end of 2024, the condition has been suffering a severe condition of violence as a result of internal conflict between Sinaloa Cartel groups. In fact, with 2, 208 reported cases, Sinaloa ended 2025 as the year with the most kidnappings in its history. According to data obtained from the State Commission for the Search of Lost People.

The Concordia town, in particular, had the highest level of disappearances per 100, 000 residents, which is the highest rate among all the state's municipalities.

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