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Five alleged kidnappers charged over Iztapalapa merchant’s abduction and 20 million-peso ransom demand

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A Mexico City judge ordered five suspects to face aggravated kidnapping proceedings over the alleged abduction of a merchant from Iztapalapa.
  • Prosecutors said the suspects demanded 20 million pesos and held the victim at a property in Xochimilco.
  • Police rescued the merchant alive during a search of the property on Aug. 26, while the investigation will continue for six months.

Five people have been ordered to face proceedings over the alleged aggravated kidnapping of a 49-year-old merchant from Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district.

The suspects, identified as Juan “N”, Mariana “N”, Mauricio “N”, Luis Martín “N” and Kevin “N”, allegedly held the merchant at a home in Xochimilco and demanded 20 million pesos for his release.

According to the Mexico City Attorney General’s Office, the merchant was abducted on Aug. 10. Investigators began working on the case after authorities received a report about a person being taken into a property with his head covered.

Police rescued the merchant alive on Aug. 26 during a search of the Xochimilco property. At a hearing on Sept. 2, a control judge ordered all five defendants to remain in pretrial detention and set six months for the completion of the supplementary investigation.

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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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