Authorities located the kidnapped men and detain thier captors
639 views · Published 26 October 2011 · 1:19 · Indexed 27 October 2026
Channel: CBS Rio Grande Valley · 2011 · News & Politics
INVESTIGATORS TELL US THE MEN WERE TAKEN FROM CHACHALACA STREET AT AROUND 3 OCLOCK THIS AFTERNOON BY A MAN AND WOMAN DRIVING A 2003 GREEN FORD EXPEDITION....
AN HOUR LATER THAT EXPEDITION WAS LOCATED HERE---AT THIS HOME IN THE 8-THOUSAND BLOCK OF LAS LOMAS STREET -- JUST EAST OF RIO GRANDE CITY.
BOTH STARR COUNTY SHERIFF INVESTIGATORS AND RIO GRANDE CITY POLICE OFFICERS SURROUNDED THE AREA----COLLECTING EVIDENCE FROM THE APPARENT CRIMESCENE....
THEY SAY THEY FOUND THREE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS SITTING UNDER THIS SHED -- LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY...
ALL THREE WERE DETAINED....
INVESTIGATORS TELL US THEY ARRESTED 7 PEOPLE IN CONNECTION TO THE ALLEGED KIDNAPPING.
2 WOMEN AND 5 MEN.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY BELIEVE THIS KIDNAPPING WAS MOTIVATED BY DRUGS.
THEY'VE ALSO LOCATED ONE OF THE ALLEGED VICTIMS.... SOURCES CLOSE TO THE CASE TELL ACTION 4 NEWS THE VICTIM TOLD INVESTIGATORS THE WOMAN IN THE EXPEDITION HELD HIM AT KNIFE POINT....
SOMEHOW HE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE AND RAN TO THE NEAREST PHONE IN THE LOS LOMAS AREA.
THOSE SEVEN PEOPLE WILL FACE CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING AND ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
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