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Breaking News: Police rescue kidnapping victims, arrest suspects

By Ray Gomez

Story Created: Dec 8, 2008

Story Updated: Dec 8, 2008

A group of kidnappers are now behind bars after Laredo police interrupt their plans.
The kidnapping went down overnight in south Laredo and it’s all about drug money.
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Part of the drug violence that’s been spreading across the border into Laredo, has been stopped after police got a tip overnight.
An anonymous caller tells Pro 8 News that several men at the 2-thousand block of Chacon were holding the victim of the kidnapping at gunpoint.
The kidnappers looking for money allegedly owed by the victim demanded that his family members surrender all of their cars as payment to keep him alive.
Officers were able to catch the cars being turned over to the men at the HEB parking lot on Guadalupe.
Police have confirmed the kidnapping.
Officers staking out the home on Chacon then caught some of the suspects escaping with the victim in a hired taxicab.