https://freerepublic.com/tag/hostagenegotiator/ en-us Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:23:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149185/posts MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexican gunmen have kidnapped a U.S. security consultant who negotiated the release of dozens of kidnap victims in Latin America. Gunmen abducted Felix Batista outside a restaurant last Wednesday in the relatively safe northern industrial city of Saltillo in Coahuila state, Mexican authorities and his employer, security consultancy ASI Global, said on Monday. Batista, a Miami-based Cuban American credited with negotiating the release of victims abducted by Colombian rebels, was snatched after he stepped outside the restaurant, answering a call on his cellular phone, Mexican media said. The U.S. embassy in Mexico City said it was... Reuters on Yahoo https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149185/posts#comment Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:23:01 GMT