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Mexico kidnapping — live: Americans seized by drug cartel asked for directions before deadly Matamoros attack

Video seemingly showed the moment Latavia ‘Tay’ Mcgee, Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown and Eric James Williams were kidnapped in Matamoros - an area dominated by the Gulf drug cartel

The Independent UK

With the kidnapping of 4 US citizens, is it safe to travel to Mexico?

DALLAS — Public safety concerns have spiked around travel to Mexico, with the kidnapping of four U.S. citizens in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros. The visitors had just crossed the border through Brownsville, Texas.

Tribune News Service

FedEx driver pleads not guilty to capital murder, kidnapping of 7-year-old Athena Strand

FORT WORTH, Texas — Tanner Horner, the FedEx driver indicted on capital murder and kidnapping charges in the killing of 7-year-old Athena Strand, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment hearing Monday in Wise County.

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Mexico kidnapping map: Where were four US citizens abducted at gunpoint in Matamoros?

Four Americans drove across the US border with Mexico on 3 March in their white minivan, where they were ambushed by armed men

The Independent UK

Matamoros kidnapping: FBI offers $50,000 after four US citizens taken at gunpoint

The FBI said the four Americans were in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates and crossed into Matamoros, Tamaulipas in Mexico, on Friday where they were kidnapped

Daily Mirror

Mexico kidnapping latest: FBI offers reward for four Americans kidnapped in Matamoros as they are identified

Follow the latest updates on abduction in Matamoros, Tamaulipas as FBI launch search for missing US citizens

The Independent UK

Two International Red Cross Workers Kidnapped in Mali

Two workers for the International Committee of the Red Cross have been kidnapped in northern Mali, the ICRC in Mali said on Twitter on Saturday. It said the abductions took place between the northern cities of Gao and Kidal - long a hotspot for militant and militia violence. "We confirm…

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Gurgaon Police arrests Bhopal man for kidnapping, raping teen girl

GURGAON: Gurgaon Police has arrested a man from Bhopal for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old girl on the pretext of marriage.

The Times of India

Police investigating kidnapping follow trail of blood and find man 'minding' shotgun

Firearm and ammunition was discovered hidden inside duffel bag in 'doss house'

Liverpool Echo

Delhi: Accused wanted in murder of school boy arrested after 13 years

The Crime Branch of Delhi Police have arrested two accused in the kidnapping and murder of a boy at South Delhi's Kalkaji in in 2010. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Charles Bronson says he has no regrets despite crime that haunts victim's life

Bronson is next week due to appear for one of the first parole hearings to be held in public after being jailed for kidnapping Phil Danielson in 1999. His victim says he needs to show real remorse

Daily Mirror

Delhi police arrest 3 for kidnapping and assaulting man

Delhi Police arrested three persons for allegedly being involved in kidnapping a man and beating him with sticks. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Trial looms in case of boy's death at remote, armed compound

Three defendants from an extended family have rejected compromise offers from prosecutors to resolve kidnapping, terrorism and weapons charges

The Independent UK

Factbox-Separatist insurgency in Indonesia's Papua region

The kidnapping of 37-year-old New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens by separatist rebels in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua has thrown a spotlight on the decades-long, low-level insurgency in the remote, resource-rich area.

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Deadlier and more media savvy, separatist rebels evolve in Indonesia's Papua

Egianus Kogoya, the dreadlocked rebel behind the kidnapping of a New Zealand pilot this month in the highlands of Indonesia’s Papua region, is at the vanguard of an increasingly dangerous and media-savvy insurgency for independence.

The Independent UK

Eagles reserve lineman waives arraignment in rape case

A reserve offensive lineman for the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles will make his initial court appearance in Ohio on rape and kidnapping charges next month after waiving his arraignment in the case

ABC News

Hostage takers demand ransom in exchange for release of Australian professor kidnapped in PNG

The Australian professor was conducting a field study with three female researchers when a group of armed men abducted them, took them to a secret location and demanded money for their release.

The Independent UK

FedEx driver formally indicted for kidnap and murder of Athena Strand

Tanner Horner was arrested two days after youngster disappeared from father’s home in Texas

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Delivery driver accused in 7-year-old Athena Strand’s slaying indicted on capital murder, kidnapping charges

DALLAS — The FedEx delivery driver accused in the slaying of 7-year-old Athena Strand has been indicted on capital murder and aggravated kidnapping charges by a Wise County grand jury.

Chicago Sun-Times

Whatever happened to Mary Agnes Moroney? DNA tests appear to solve 1930s mystery of missing Chicago girl

A new investigation into the kidnapping led her family to conclude she grew up as Jeanette Burchard, became a nurse and had three children, and died in Florida 20 years ago. “She was loved very much,” her daughter said.

Reuters

Insecurity threatens Nigeria's democracy as voters elect a new president

Bandits spraying villages with bullets, killing residents and setting buildings ablaze. Rampant cattle rustling and clashes between farmers and herders. Mass kidnappings for ransom.

The Independent UK

Connecticut man pleads guilty again in 2020 killings

A 26-year-old Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to murder and kidnapping charges in connection with killings in 2020 that ended after a six-day multistate manhunt

The Independent UK

Warren Jeffs’ nephew charged with kidnapping 10-year-old girl

Heber Jeffs arrested after he removed child from his Utah home allegedly on instructions from convicted child sex criminal

Miami Herald

New US parole program for Haitians leads to long passport lines, cops fleeing the country

A hastily created U.S. policy to curb irregular migration at the United States’ border with Mexico is having unintended consequences in Haiti, one of the four countries whose nationals can apply for the program and where the Biden administration is spending tens of millions of dollars to help the police…

ABC News

Man sentenced to further 21 months in prison after kidnapping, stealing from woman in Gippsland

A man who has spent most of his adult life in prison has been sentenced to another 21 months behind bars after he kidnapped a woman in Moe in Victoria's east in 2021.

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