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U.S. Bombs Venezuela, Kidnaps President
Jan 3, 2026 With Maduro in captivity, Trump boats that the U.S. will "run the country" — including its oil industry.
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How To Survive a Migrant Kidnapping
May 27, 2025 U.S. and Mexican immigration policies have made kidnapping a rite of passage on the migrant trail.SFJ Excellence-in-Features Journalism Awards: First Place — General Feature, 1,000-2,499 Words Category
Immigration
Kidnapping on the Migrant Trail
Jul 3, 2024 Abducting migrants as they head north through Mexico is becoming common. What can they do to avoid it?
Immigration
How US Policy Exacerbates Migrant Kidnappings on the Mexico Border
Jun 29, 2023 US policies have exposed migrants to a greater risk of being killed, disappeared, extorted, and kidnapped near the Mexico border.
Case of Missing Pakistani Children Is Also About Corruption
Oct 8, 2018 A devastating case is bringing Pakistan's biggest social and political issues—police corruption, patriarchal injustice—to the fore once again.110 Nigerian Girls Missing After Boko Haram Militants’ Raid
Feb 25, 2018 It's feared that the girls will be forced to become brides of the extremists. The abduction follows a 2014 case in which Boko Haram seized 276 young Nigerian females.
The Abduction of the Chibok Schoolgirls Was Only the Iceberg’s Tip
May 18, 2015 The rescue of hundreds of captives in Nigeria shows that the scale of kidnappings by the terrorist group Boko Haram has been grossly underestimated.
Chibok Girls Remembered, One Year On
Apr 16, 2015 The loss of hundreds of schoolgirls to Boko Haram has shown that in Nigeria, the powerful care nothing about the powerless until an international tragedy embarrasses them.
Islamic State Militants Abduct More Than 70 Christians in Syria
Feb 24, 2015 Members of the Islamic State group launched a broad raid on several villages in Syria starting early Monday, and by Tuesday the militant group had kidnapped more than 70 Christians.
European Nations Funding Al-Qaida Through Ransom Payments
Jul 30, 2014 Although the governments of several European countries weren't exactly willing to corroborate this story, The New York Times reported Tuesday that al-Qaida has made a consistent practice of kidnapping European citizens for ransom, and it has paid off very well.