Mexican authorities find remains matching one of 10 kidnapped miners


MEXICO CITY, Feb ‌6 (Reuters) - Mexican authorities said on Friday that at least one body matching the ‌characteristics of one of 10 mine workers who were kidnapped from a mine ‌in northern Sinaloa state late last month was found in a clandestine grave.

Mexico's Attorney General's Office said steps were being taken to confirm the victim's identity and collect evidence from the grave in Concordia, where remains of ‍several other bodies were found some 45 km (28 miles) ‍east of the Pacific coast city ‌of Mazatlan. Police were yet to formally identify any of the bodies.

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