Overview
- Authorities confirmed the identity of Saúl Alberto Ochoa Pérez through genetic testing, making him the eighth of the 10 abducted Vizsla Silver employees to be identified.
- The group was seized in Concordia on January 23rd when armed men stormed the La Clementina camp, with local reporting linking the assailants to a faction known as Los Chapitos.
- Clandestine graves found in the El Verde area on February 6 led to recoveries that forensic teams have been analyzing, and two workers remain to be located or identified.
- Prosecutors in Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and the federal attorney’s office coordinated the match, and the state victims’ commission is arranging the transfer of Ochoa’s remains to his hometown in Meoqui for burial.
- Federal forces previously detained four suspected participants who, according to reports, indicated the location of the graves as investigators continue building the case.