Tag: kidnappers

Mexico footballer Pulido freed after fighting kidnapper

by Laurent THOMET MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexican football player Alan Pulido was rescued after he untied himself, punched one of his kidnappers and took away his phone to call police hours after his abduction, authorities said Monday. Pulido, 25, cut his right wrist when he punched a glass pane on a door as he tried to flee before police found him at a home in his northeastern hometown of Ciudad Victoria late Sunday, […]

AFP has leads on hiding place of armed kidnappers

According to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), they now have leads regarding the possible hiding place of the armed group that kidnapped a Filipina and three foreigners in Samal Island. According to several witness’ accounts after the recovery of the boats used by said kidnappers, the group may be hiding in the mountains of Davao Oriental, although the AFP said that the information is yet to be confirmed. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul […]