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.
The governor of the coastal state in northwest Mexico — home to the notorious Sinaloa drug cartel — had said earlier Saturday that 18 people had been found out of 25 missing, and did not explain the significant jump in both figures.
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