Mulatos gold mine

Mulatos is a gold mine located in the town of Sahuaripa in Sonora, Mexico.

An armed robbery of gold and silver alloy bars took place on the mine's runway in 2020.

[5] The mine is operated by the company's local subsidiary Minas de Oro Nacional.

The landslide was predicted in 2014 and the subject of a complaint to the Mexican National Commission on Human Rights.

[4] The mine was the target of five[6] armed robbers who took security staff hostage[7] and seized bars of doré (gold-silver alloy) bars from the mine's runway[8] on April 8, 2020,[7] before making off in their own small airplane.