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Article: Kidnappings raising fear on the streets in Mexico Quick `fast food' abductions prompt many to worry about security
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 25, 1996
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When two cars packed with armed men blocked the businessman's Gran
Marquis and pulled him from the driver's seat outside a luxurious
suburban mall here, it was the victim's expression that was so
terrifying: a gun to his head and armed men on each elbow, his face,
witnesses said, twisted in grimace of powerlessness, fear and a fight
to keep his dignity.
Then, in just 30 seconds, the victim was gone driven away in a
kidnappers' car.
None of the armed security guards at the mall raised a finger to
stop the crime, unmentioned in the Mexican news media or police crime
logs. While the fate of the businessman is unknown, in Mexico, a
nation in crisis, experts say such kidnappings are now all ...