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Mexico City Alcoholímetro Stop Foils Kidnapping in Progress

The anti-kidnapping prosecutor is reviewing the case after two arrests at the traffic stop.

Hombres que mantenían privado de su libertad a sujeto dentro de automóvil.
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Overview

  • Officers at a Conduce Sin Alcohol checkpoint in San Rafael, Cuauhtémoc, stopped a black car at Ribera de San Cosme and Insurgentes Norte.
  • A young man in the front passenger seat tried to flee but was chased down and detained by police.
  • A man in the back seat told officers he had been intercepted after leaving work, beaten and forced into the vehicle.
  • The driver, 48, and the attempted escapee, 19, were presented to the Ministerio Público at the Fiscalía Antisecuestros for determination of charges.
  • A 30-year-old relative reported paying a deposit after threats by phone and text, while ERUM diagnosed the victim with a facial contusion that did not require hospital transfer as statements were added to the investigation file.