kidnapping

URGENT: Gunmen kidnap around 150 people in central Nigeria: officials

KANO, Nigeria, May 27, 2024 (AFP) - Gunmen in central Nigeria have kidnapped around 150 people in the country's latest…

Mexican forces search for 24 possible kidnapping victims

CULIACÁN, Mexico, March 24, 2024 (AFP) - Mexican authorities were searching Saturday for two dozen people in Sinaloa state reported…

Colombia detains 4 in kidnapping of footballer’s father

BOGOTÁ, Nov 11, 2023 (AFP) - Police in Colombia have detained four people suspected in the kidnapping of the father…

American nurse, child kidnapped in Haiti: aid group

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2023 (AFP) - An American nurse and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, a Christian aid…

Nigeria police rescues 58 kidnap victims near capital

  ABUJA, May 7, 2023 (AFP) - Police in Nigeria said Sunday that it rescued 58 people who were abducted…

HRW accuses Vietnam of abducting blogger from Thailand

Human Rights Watch on Friday accused Vietnam of kidnapping a blogger critical of the communist government who was living as…

10 Nigeria schoolchildren kidnapped: official

Kano, Nigeria | AFP | Tuesday 4/4/2023 Ten students have been kidnapped in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna State where criminal gangs…

Two US citizens kidnapped in Mexico found dead, two others alive

  Two US citizens kidnapped by suspected Mexican drug traffickers were found dead Tuesday while two others survived, in what…

Thai doctor recounts Mali kidnap ordeal

Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | A Thai plastic surgeon on Thursday described drinking pond water to survive during three weeks…

Philippine military detains two militants accused of killing foreigners

Two Islamic militants accused of kidnapping and killing four foreigners in the restive southern Philippines were detained Friday after surrendering…

PNP: 48-year-old man wanted for kidnapping nabbed in Cebu

(Eagle News)--Authorities arrested a 48-year-old man wanted for kidnapping, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Allan Nacorda…

Thousands march in Haiti in anger over surge in kidnappings

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) - Thousands of people demonstrated Tuesday in Haiti to denounce a surge in kidnappings and the lack…

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