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Article: INFORMATION ISSUED BY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR KANSAS ON FEB. 7: INDICTMENT ALLEGES ILLEGAL ALIENS WERE TAKEN HOSTAGE, THREATENED FOR RANSOM
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 7, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for Kansas issued the following press release:
Illegal aliens were taken hostage at gunpoint and told they'd be tortured or shot unless they raised money for a ransom, according to a federal grand jury's superceding indictment against two Mexican men. The defendants face a possible sentence of life in prison without parole.
"According to the indictment, the victims had their shoes, cash and personal belongings taken to keep them from fleeing," said U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren. "They were held at gunpoint and told that if they couldn't raise money for a ransom payment they would have their fingers, hands or ears cut off - or they would ...