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Lee Myang-bak demands liberation of five Koreans kidnapped in Reynosa Tamaulipas, Mexico
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by Pat Garcia | July 22, 2008 at 10:22 am
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Lee Jeong-Gwan (R), South Korea's director general for consular affairs.
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Reynosa is a borderline city where firms like Samsung and LG Electronics have factories, it is believed the victims where looking for a job.Strange, it would be more logical to kidnap the owners, not wishing harm to anybody of course. Kidnapping should not exist, unfortunately it's an everyday thing in Mexico.
The presumed kidnapped South Koreans were trying to enter U.S.A illegally.
The Chief of Justice in Tamaulipas, José Herrera Bustamante , informed about the liberation of the five South Koreans, that were supposed to be kidnapped since the past July 14 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas.
EL ECONOMISTA
The Chief of Justice in Tamaulipas stated that according to investigations, the South Koreans were kept captive in order to obtain the 30,000 U.S to illegally cross them to U.S
El procurador de Tamaulipas dijo que, de acuerdo con las investigaciones, los surcoreanos fueron privados de su libertad con el fin de obtener US30,000 por cruzarlos ilegalmente a EU.
Five South Koreans held hostage in Mexico have been released unharmed, the foreign ministry in Seoul said Wednesday.
The five "were released unharmed at 7:00 pm Tuesday local (Mexico) time," said Lee Jeong-Gwan, director general for consular affairs, in a statement.
Lee said they are now under police protection and would soon be handed over to embassy officials.
Another group of South Koreans was kidnapped two years ago in Tijuana and later freed after a ransom was paid.
One year ago Taliban militants in Afghanistan kidnapped 23 South Korean church workers and murdered two of them before the Seoul government negotiated a release. There were unconfirmed reports that a large ransom was paid.
EL INFORMADOR
The President of the Asian nation, Lee Myung-bak, demanded the liberation of his citizens, four men and one woman, that were kidnapped in Mexico by strangers.
Lee gave his collaborators instructions to " make their maximum effort for a quick and safe return of the victims".
The kidnappers asked for 30 thousand dollars for the victims, four men and one woman, said an National Intelligence Service Official.
El Presidente de la nación asiática, Lee Myung-bak, reclamó este martes la liberación de sus ciudadanos, cuatro hombres y una mujer
REYNOSA, TAMAULIPAS.-El Presidente surcoreano Lee Myung-bak reclamó el martes la liberación de cinco compatriotas que fueron secuestrados en México por desconocidos.
Lee dio instrucciones a sus colaboradores de que "hagan los máximos esfuerzos para el retorno rápido y con seguridad de las víctimas".
Los secuestradores pidieron 30 mil dólares de rescate por las víctimas, que son cuatro hombres y una mujer, dijo un oficial del Servicio de Inteligencia Nacional.
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Pat Garcia
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Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (2)
at 10:28 on July 22nd, 2008
patgarcia, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Japan does have some ongoing problems with Kidnapping as well, mostly though executed by North Korea!
at 19:41 on July 22nd, 2008
patgarcia, I like this story. It's good stuff.