FUNKMAN
12-20-2005, 08:39 PM
<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051220/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_kidnapping" target="_self">Group: Mexican Gangs More Likely to Kill</a> </p><p></p><p>About one out of every seven people kidnapped in Mexico died at the hands of their captors in 2005, compared to one out of every 26 victims in Colombia, according to a report by the Citizen Council for Public Safety, a private-sector think tank.</p><p>It said Mexico overtook Colombia as the country with the most reported kidnappings in the first six months of 2005 with 194 cases, compared to 172 in Colombia. The group said it used figures provided by governments of both countries and expected the trend would hold for the entire year.</p><p>"We have seen cases in which they have sent videos of victims being tortured to their families, to get bigger ransoms," Ortega said. "The gangs are becoming more sophisticated."</p><p></p><p>to be honest this stuff gives me the willies... </p>
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