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10 Mexican Cartel Gunmen Sentenced To 141 Years In Prison
They were arrested at a ranch that authorities say was used as a forced recruitment centre for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of Mexico's most powerful criminal gangs.
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US Travellers Alerted: Dating Apps Linked To Kidnappings In Mexico's Tourist Hotspots
The US State Department warns Americans in Mexico about kidnappers exploiting dating apps to abduct tourists for ransom.
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US Travellers Warned Not To Use Dating Apps After Kidnapping Of Americans In Mexico
The US Consulate advised extreme caution when meeting someone from a dating app in Mexico, recommending familiarity with local travel guidelines.
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US Girl, Kidnapped By Her Mother In 1999, Found Alive In Mexico
A toddler, who was kidnapped by her own non-custodial mother in 1999, has been found alive in Mexico, authorities said. Andrea Michelle Reyes, now 27,was allegedly kidnapped by her mother, Rosa Tenorio,from her home in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Mexican Druglord's Son Surrendered Voluntarily To US, Partner Was Kidnapped
The US embassy in Mexico said on Friday that Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of the infamous cartel kingpin "El Chapo," had surrendered voluntarily while his father's former partner Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada seemed to have been taken against his will.
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Mexican Drug Lord El Chapo's Son Didn't Kidnap Fellow Gangster, Says Lawyer
The son of jailed Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman did not kidnap drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the Guzman family's lawyer said on Wednesday, following reports Guzman's son had betrayed Zambada to the United States.
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Suspect In Murder Of 5 Men In Mexico Arrested
A suspect in the kidnapping, torture and apparent murder of five young men in Mexico has been arrested, prosecutors said Monday, in a case that prompted a rare level of outrage in a country where abductions and killings are all too common.
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US Woman Shoots Uber Driver After Mistakenly Believing She Was Being Kidnapped
A woman in the United States who shot her Uber driver after mistakenly believing she was being kidnapped is facing murder charges.
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Mexican Drug Cartel Apologises For Attack On Americans: Report
The drug cartel also handed over five purported henchmen as a would-be apology for the kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico, reports said.
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2 Americans Dead After Being 'Accidentally' Kidnapped By Mexican Drug Mafia
Mexican authorities said they had arrested a suspect who was guarding the abductees at a house in Matamoros.
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In 43 Missing Students Case In Mexico, Probe Finds Military Hid Evidence
Mexico's armed forces knew that 43 student teachers who disappeared in 2014 were being kidnapped by criminals, then hid evidence that could have helped locate them, according to a report released Monday by special investigation.
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Nine Killed In Mexico During Shootout With Police
Nine people were killed in a bloody confrontation on Friday in western Mexico between a criminal gang and agents investigating a suspected kidnapping, officials said.
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Off-The-Grid Dream Becomes Nightmare In New Mexico Compound
One of the leading members of a group prosecutors accused of abusing children at a New Mexico compound struggled with his plan to live off the grid after he underestimated a harsh mountain desert climate and settled on the wrong plot of land.
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A Mexican Man Was Cleared Of Raping A 17-Year-Old Girl Because He Didn't Enjoy It
For months after he learned in 2015 that his 17-year-old daughter was kidnapped outside a club and raped by some former classmates, Javier Fernandez said, he refused to go to the police. That's not to say he didn't want justice. It's all the single father wanted for Daphne, his youngest child. "I wanted to kill them all," he told a New Yorker write...
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Undocumented Mother Seeks Sanctuary In US Church
Jeanette Vizguerra fled to the United States from Mexico with her family after her husband was kidnapped three times, once with a gun to his head.
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10 Mexican Cartel Gunmen Sentenced To 141 Years In Prison
They were arrested at a ranch that authorities say was used as a forced recruitment centre for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of Mexico's most powerful criminal gangs.
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US Travellers Alerted: Dating Apps Linked To Kidnappings In Mexico's Tourist Hotspots
The US State Department warns Americans in Mexico about kidnappers exploiting dating apps to abduct tourists for ransom.
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US Travellers Warned Not To Use Dating Apps After Kidnapping Of Americans In Mexico
The US Consulate advised extreme caution when meeting someone from a dating app in Mexico, recommending familiarity with local travel guidelines.
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US Girl, Kidnapped By Her Mother In 1999, Found Alive In Mexico
A toddler, who was kidnapped by her own non-custodial mother in 1999, has been found alive in Mexico, authorities said. Andrea Michelle Reyes, now 27,was allegedly kidnapped by her mother, Rosa Tenorio,from her home in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Mexican Druglord's Son Surrendered Voluntarily To US, Partner Was Kidnapped
The US embassy in Mexico said on Friday that Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of the infamous cartel kingpin "El Chapo," had surrendered voluntarily while his father's former partner Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada seemed to have been taken against his will.
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Mexican Drug Lord El Chapo's Son Didn't Kidnap Fellow Gangster, Says Lawyer
The son of jailed Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman did not kidnap drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the Guzman family's lawyer said on Wednesday, following reports Guzman's son had betrayed Zambada to the United States.
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Suspect In Murder Of 5 Men In Mexico Arrested
A suspect in the kidnapping, torture and apparent murder of five young men in Mexico has been arrested, prosecutors said Monday, in a case that prompted a rare level of outrage in a country where abductions and killings are all too common.
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US Woman Shoots Uber Driver After Mistakenly Believing She Was Being Kidnapped
A woman in the United States who shot her Uber driver after mistakenly believing she was being kidnapped is facing murder charges.
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Mexican Drug Cartel Apologises For Attack On Americans: Report
The drug cartel also handed over five purported henchmen as a would-be apology for the kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico, reports said.
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2 Americans Dead After Being 'Accidentally' Kidnapped By Mexican Drug Mafia
Mexican authorities said they had arrested a suspect who was guarding the abductees at a house in Matamoros.
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In 43 Missing Students Case In Mexico, Probe Finds Military Hid Evidence
Mexico's armed forces knew that 43 student teachers who disappeared in 2014 were being kidnapped by criminals, then hid evidence that could have helped locate them, according to a report released Monday by special investigation.
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Nine Killed In Mexico During Shootout With Police
Nine people were killed in a bloody confrontation on Friday in western Mexico between a criminal gang and agents investigating a suspected kidnapping, officials said.
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Off-The-Grid Dream Becomes Nightmare In New Mexico Compound
One of the leading members of a group prosecutors accused of abusing children at a New Mexico compound struggled with his plan to live off the grid after he underestimated a harsh mountain desert climate and settled on the wrong plot of land.
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A Mexican Man Was Cleared Of Raping A 17-Year-Old Girl Because He Didn't Enjoy It
For months after he learned in 2015 that his 17-year-old daughter was kidnapped outside a club and raped by some former classmates, Javier Fernandez said, he refused to go to the police. That's not to say he didn't want justice. It's all the single father wanted for Daphne, his youngest child. "I wanted to kill them all," he told a New Yorker write...
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Undocumented Mother Seeks Sanctuary In US Church
Jeanette Vizguerra fled to the United States from Mexico with her family after her husband was kidnapped three times, once with a gun to his head.
