- Title: Mexican authorities rescue 22 foreigners kidnapped in a hotel.
- Date: 15th September 2021
- Summary: BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - FEBRUARY 4, 2013) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF TOMMY LEE JONES AT 2013 OSCAR NOMINEES LUNCHEON LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - JUNE 26, 2002) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) "MEN IN BLACK 2" MARQUEE PAN FROM FILM POSTER TO TOMMY LEE JONES ARRIVING AND POSING FOR PHOTOS PAN INTO TOM
- Embargoed: 29th September 2021 17:04
- Keywords: Doctor Arroyo Matehuala Mexico San Luis Potosi kidnap migrants
- Location: MATEHUALA, SAN LUIS POTOSI + DOCTOR ARROYO, NUEVO LEON + CIUDAD DE SAN LUIS POTOSI, SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO
- City: MATEHUALA, SAN LUIS POTOSI + DOCTOR ARROYO, NUEVO LEON + CIUDAD DE SAN LUIS POTOSI, SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime,South America / Central America
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Mexican authorities rescued on Tuesday (September 14) 22 foreigners, most of them Cuban and Haitian, who were earlier in the day kidnapped when gunmen stormed a hotel in the central state of San Luis Potosi, the region's attorney general said.
The gunmen also kidnapped 16 Mexicans when they ransacked the Sol y Luna Hotel in Matehuala, about 195 km (120 miles) north of the city of San Luis Potosi, the regional capital.
The Mexicans were released earlier but the foreign nationals had to be rescued in a remote area by the road between Matehuala and the regional capital, Arturo Garza Herrera, the attorney general of the state, said in a statement.
The foreigners are to be transferred to the city of San Luis Potosi to be fed and to get medical help. Garza's office did not give any details of the rescue or say if any of the foreigners were injured.
While most of the rescued foreigners were Haitians and Cubans, earlier there were reports that some Venezuelans were among them, Garza's office said in a statement. Three minors and a pregnant woman were among them.
Many migrants hoping to reach the United States face great danger on the way, with kidnappings, extortion, rape, and even murders reported. Some are conscripted to work for drug cartels fighting over drug-trafficking routes.
In June, a human rights group reported that some 3,300 migrants stranded in Mexico since January due to a U.S. border policy have been kidnapped, raped, trafficked, or assaulted.
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