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Kidnap of Spanish National Highlights Persistent Threat to Foreign Nationals in Mexico
On August 12, four armed men kidnapped a Spanish doctor after he left his house in Lindavista, a middle-class neighborhood in the north of Mexico City. The kidnappers forced the victim into a car and drove off, later contacting the victim’s family and demanding a ransom of $250,000 USD (MXN5 million). On August 14, Mexican security forces freed the victim after locating the kidnapper’s base in the municipality of Temamatla, Estado de Mexico.
