Mexico has also seen a recent wave of attacks on municipal candidates, with a new mayoral candidate killed on Saturday.
The local government has not reported any possible motives behind the kidnappings nor has it announced any arrests.Authorities in Mexico were searching Saturday for two dozen people in Sinaloa state reported to have been kidnapped along with more than 40 others who have since been found alive.
He said state and federal authorities were continuing to work to locate the missing people with the help of the military, which would be sending additional troops.The local government has not reported any possible motives behind the kidnappings nor has it announced any arrests. Murders, abductions and forced disappearances are daily occurrences in Mexico, particularly in areas gripped by turf wars between drug gangs such as Guzman’s Sinaloa cartel.The country has also seen a recent wave of attacks on municipal candidates, with a new mayoral candidate killed on Saturday in south-central Puebla state.