Grief grows as bodies of kidnapped workers of Canadian mining company identified in Mexico

2026-02-09 - 13:25

Jaime Castañeda was in the coastal Mexican city of Mazatlán, in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, on Sunday to identify the body of his 43-year-old brother. Geologist José Manuel Castañeda Hernández was working for Vancouver-based mining company Vizsla Silver Corp. when he was kidnapped on Jan. 23, along with nine other employees.