Overview
- The mayor of Río Bravo, Miguel Ángel Almaraz Maldonado, says armed men stopped his convoy on a trip to the Santuario de Real de Catorce, forced him and his driver from their vehicles, and took them to a rural property.
- Almaraz Maldonado says he and his driver fled when the captors chased a Tesla that bypassed the operation, then boarded a bus and later identified themselves as kidnapping victims at an Instituto Nacional de Migración station.
- Officials in Coahuila provided immediate protection and care after the INM station alerted authorities and the state government says it secured the mayor once he was located.
- The Tamaulipas Fiscalía is leading a criminal investigation that it says follows legal protocols and is being coordinated with the fiscalías of Coahuila, San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas at locations tied to the case.
- Authorities emphasize the case is developing, with motive and several facts still unclear, and the cross‑state location of the incident has created added investigative complexity for prosecutors and police.