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3 Texans among 5 men kidnapped in Mexico
AP on Yahoo ^ | 11/28/06 | AP
Posted on 11/28/2006 10:37:25 PM PST by NormsRevenge
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico - U.S. and Mexican authorities are searching for three Americans and two Mexicans kidnapped by dozens of armed men who swarmed a Mexican hunting ranch near the U.S. border.
Witnesses told police that 30 to 40 armed men entered the La Barranca ranch late Sunday and took the five men. The ranch, used for deer hunting, is located near the Mexican town of Hidalgo, about 40 miles northwest of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.
Erik Vasys, an FBI spokesman in San Antonio, Texas, late Tuesday identified the Americans as Librado Pina Jr., 49, who owned the ranch, and his son Librado Pina III, 25, both of Laredo, Texas; and David Mueller, 45, of the Sweetwater, Texas, area.
Two ranch employees who weren't kidnapped said the attackers handcuffed the elder Pina and kept him apart from the other victims, Vasquez Estrada said. The assailants stole five all-terrain vehicles, two pickup trucks, furnishings, appliances and even food and wine from the ranch.
The kidnappers also seized the ranch's cook and another Mexican man at the ranch for a hunting trip.
Mueller was also hunting at the ranch, officials said.
The kidnappers do not appear to have made any ransom demand, Vasquez Estrada said.
Vasys wouldn't release details about the investigation, but characterized it as "ongoing, intense."
"We're working very closely with our Mexican counterparts," he said. "We're doing everything we can to get them back safely."
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November 15, 2006