Canadian mining company workers in Mexico have been found dead, company says

Mexican authorities said Monday that five of the 10 missing workers from a mine operated by a Canadian company in the northwestern state of Sinaloa have been identified among 10 bodies found in clandestine graves last week in a nearby community.

The mountainous region is one of various points in the state where a turf war has played out for more than a year between two rival factions of the Sinaloa cartel.

Mines have been the target of organized crime on other occasions in Mexico, as cartels see opportunities to extort or even sell valuable ore themselves.

In Sinaloa, there are more than 7,000 missing people, some of the more than 132,000 missing nationwide, according to federal data.

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