Mexican Army Rescues Francisco Zapata from Santa Fe Mine After 14-Day Entrapment in Sinaloa

President Sheinbaum used her April 8 mañanera to praise the Mexican Army (SEDENA) for rescuing Francisco Zapata Nájera, a miner who had been trapped for 14 days in the Santa Fe mine in El Rosario, Sinaloa. The rescue operation was conducted by Army engineers who managed to reach the trapped worker through a narrow shaft. Sheinbaum highlighted the rescue as an example of the military's expanded civic role under her administration, which has included humanitarian operations alongside its public security functions. The case attracted widespread public attention in Mexico.