- Title: MEXICO: Soldiers rescue sixteen people being held by kidnappers
- Date: 29th April 2010
- Summary: SABINAS HIDALGO, NUEVO LEON, MEXICO (APRIL 27, 2010) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF HOUSE WHERE 16 KIDNAPPED PEOPLE WERE BEING HELD SOLDIERS WATCHING HOUSE VARIOUS OF KIDNAPPED PEOPLE IN CHAINS INSIDE HOUSE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNIDENTIFIED KIDNAPPED MAN, SAYING "I was going to work and when I passed through here these men appeared. They took everything from us including our telephones and told us that they were taking us in for an investigation and kept us here until now. Thanks to you we are ok." MORE OF KIDNAPPED MEN MORE OF PLACE WHERE KIDNAPPED MEN WERE BEING HELD SOLDIERS STANDING IN FRONT OF WEAPONS SEIZED AT THE LOCATION VARIOUS OF WEAPONS HANDCUFFS AND CHAINS SOLDIERS AT CRIME SCENE VARIOUS OF WEAPONS AND DRUGS SEIZED
- Embargoed: 14th May 2010 13:00
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- Location: Mexico
- Country: Mexico
- Reuters ID: LVAB80DMILSG4XWHT3P3OV0I511V
- Story Text: Mexican soldiers on Tuesday (April 27) rescued 16 people who were being held captive by a drug gang northern Mexico.
The rescue operation, in the municipality of Sabinas Hidalgo in the state of Nuevo Leon, came early on Tuesday morning after the military received a tip off about members of an organised crime gang operating in the area.
The military said the three helicopters circled the area until the location was identified, a house in a deserted area with armed men standing guard outside.
When the military approached a shootout erupted with at least three of suspected gang members killed.
The military found weapons, drugs, and 16 people in chains, amongst them a mother and year-old baby.
Mexico is plagued by organized crime, from drug trafficking to express-kidnappings of taxi passengers to force them to make cash withdrawals from automatic teller machines - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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