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Kidnapping Americans in Texas

Americans vanish in Mexican Border town

San Antonio, TX, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consulate is warning about an increase in kidnappings and disappearances of Americans in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, since mid-August.

U.S. Consul Michael Yoder said in Nuevo Laredo, ...there have been 21 known victims in the city that sits directly across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas, the San Antonio Express-News reported Thursday.

Yoder declined to identify the victims or how many were directly involved in criminal activity. He said two of the 21 are dead, 10 are missing and nine have been released. Some of them are from Laredo. In some cases, ransoms were demanded.

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