Even the 99 Percent Get Kidnapped in Mexico
Once the plutocrats' plague, kidnapping for ransom in Mexico has gone decidedly mass market.
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CUERNAVACA, Mexico — Once the plutocrats’ plague, kidnapping for ransom in Mexico has gone decidedly mass market. Shopkeepers and family physicians, carpenters and taxi drivers: All have been targeted in recent years as minions of young criminals…
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