Mexican army rescues 165 abductees at border

[TexasTowelie]

Source: AP

MEXICO CITY — Mexican soldiers have rescued 165 people kidnapped by a drug cartel and held for as long as three weeks in a one-story home alongside the U.S. border.

National security spokesman Eduardo Sanchez says 150 victims were U.S.-bound migrants from Central America. Fourteen were Mexicans and one was from India. He said Thursday at a news conference that a 20-year-old man found guarding the house was detained.

Sanchez said the army rescued the group on Tuesday in Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, a town across the border from McAllen, Texas. He gave no information on which cartel was suspected.

The Zetas cartel is behind most abduction of migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border. In 2010, the cartel was blamed for killing 72 migrants in northern Mexico.

Read more: http://www.statesman.com/ap/ap/texas/mexican-army-rescues-more-than-150-migrants/nYDjr/

[aquart]

1. Any particular reason?

Did they find the 11 taken from the nightclub?

[pam4water]

2. Were they holding them for ransom or slave labor to make the drugs?

[okaawhatever]

4. I would imagine ransom. I thnk the drugs are manufactured more in the middle of the country. Also, I

feel like somewhat of an expert since I watch every episode of Border Wars. LOL. On that show, they've shown more than one situation where the coyotes kidnap people that they were hired to bring across. In those episodes the person was brought into the u.s. and then held until his wife came up with more money. When she couldn't come up with the money, she called police. They ended up raiding the house. The guy got immunity and a green card for testifying against his captors.

[Munificence]

3. Wow

I was just there last week. Was leery about crossing the border into Mexico but did and ran into no issues. Crossed right outside of McAllen.

[arely staircase]

5. a rare happy ending to one of these stories

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