MEXICO: Soldiers rescue sixteen people being held by kidnappers

Record ID: 303573

  • Title: MEXICO: Soldiers rescue sixteen people being held by kidnappers
  • Date: 29th April 2010
  • Summary: KIDNAPPED WOMAN WITH BABY INSIDE ARMY HELICOPTER RESCUED KIDNAPPED PEOPLE WALKING INTO ARMY HELICOPTER ESCORTED BY SOLDIERS VARIOUS OF HELICOPTER TAKING OFF
  • Embargoed: 14th May 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Mexico
  • Country: Mexico
  • Reuters ID: LVAARB9L4UCKZXWX1X6WS464RF9L
  • 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
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