In Durango they located, empty, the six gondolas stolen from the Zacatecan mining company Peñasquito on October 31, which contained 140 tons of gold, silver and zinc, property of the American company Newmont Mining Corporation.
The Attorney General of the Republic of Durango, Victor Ruiz Mendez, He explained that the units were in a gap in the municipality of Guadalupe Victoria.
Peñasquito is the largest gold mine in Mexico and the second in silver production.
According to the mining company, the theft occurred on the Zacatecas-Saltillo highway, where a group of armed men stopped the trucks that were transporting gondolas full of mining material, such as gold, silver and zinc.
The units are guarded by elements of the National Guard that has them in the municipality of Gómez Palacios, reported the Secretary General of the Government of Durango, Hécto.r Valenzuela Candle.
He reported that investigations are being carried out by the Attorney General’s Office (FGR).
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