Girlfriend Of Canadian Mining Company Worker Kidnapped in Sinaloa Heard Him Get Taken By Cartel On The Phone

It has been nearly three weeks since Mexican media reported the disappearance and kidnapping of 14 workers in the municipality of Concordia, Sinaloa, and their whereabouts remain unknown.

On Jan. 23, authorities in Sinaloa reported the kidnapping of more than a dozen workers, including some employed by Canadian mining company Vizsla Silver, with reports indicating the group was abducted by an armed unit allegedly linked to organized crime.

As the search continues, the partner of one of the victims said she was in contact with her boyfriend the morning he was kidnapped.

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According to testimony from Damaris Osorio, cousin of Pablo Osorio Sánchez, a 26-year-old civil engineer, he was at a bus stop along the Durango-Mazatlán highway waiting for transportation to the Concordia area when he was kidnapped.

In an interview with journalist Azucena Uresti, Osorio said her cousin was on a phone call with his girlfriend at the time, allowing the family to realize something had happened after the call ended abruptly and they were unable to reach him again.

🔴 “Seguimos en las mismas, sin llamadas, ni nada”, me dice Damaris, prima de Pablo Osorio, estudiante de ingeniería civil y trabajador de la empresa Cicar, secuestrado el pasado 23 de enero en Sinaloa, presuntamente por “Los Chapitos”.Relata que al momento de la desaparición… pic.twitter.com/GGYqp0SWA6

— Azucena Uresti (@azucenau) February 3, 2026

As reported by Infobae México, Osorio said her cousin was kidnapped around 8:30 a.m., worked for the company Cicar S.A. de C.V., and was alone on a public roadway, suggesting the criminal operation covered multiple locations.

First, an armed group entered the La Clementina residential development and kidnapped engineers and workers from Vizsla Silver around 7 a.m. Less than two hours later, Pablo was intercepted at the bus stop following the initial kidnappings.

According to reports, the total number of people kidnapped is 14, although the Sinaloa Attorney General's Office has said it has received formal reports for only five of them so far.

Following the disappearance of the 14 workers, the Mexican government deployed more than 1,500 troops to Sinaloa to address a recent surge in violence in the state.

Although the workers have not yet been located, Mexican authorities have detained four armed men during search operations. According to reports, authorities are investigating whether the detainees are directly linked to the kidnapping of the mining workers.

Separately, the Sinaloa Attorney General's Office reported that during five search warrants carried out in Concordia and Mazatlán, authorities recovered personal belongings, identification documents, three cellphones and a laptop that may be connected to the missing workers.

As noted by Infobae México, the families have not received extortion calls or ransom demands yet. The families continue calling for an intensified search that includes more agencies such as the army and the navy.

"We want support, for more people to be involved in the search. It's not one or two people. It's 10 workers who were there to work, to provide food for their families," the wife of one of the victims said to Mexican media.

The same source said that in April of last year, one of the engineers had an encounter with armed men who intercepted him and warned him not to travel through certain areas. That incident was not reported, and there are no further indications explaining why the workers may have been taken.

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