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Spanish businessman Edelmiro Manuel Pérez Merelles freed
RightBias ^ | November 12, 2007 | Fred Burton, Scott Stewart

Posted on 11/12/2007 6:29:08 AM PST by rwbusa50

The Proactive Tool Of Protective Intelligence Fred Burton, Scott Stewart Geopolitical Intelligence Report Special Report

On Nov. 4, 46-year-old Spanish businessman Edelmiro Manuel Pérez Merelles was freed from captivity after being held for nearly two weeks by kidnappers who grabbed him from his vehicle in the Mexico City metropolitan area. The fact that a kidnapping occurred in Mexico is not at all unusual. What is unusual is the enormous press coverage the case received, largely because of the audacity and brutality of the attackers.

Pérez Merelles was snatched from his car Oct. 22 after a gang of heavily armed assailants...

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KEYWORDS: gangs; hostages; intelligence; kidnapping; mexico; spain

1 posted on 11/12/2007 6:29:09 AM PST by rwbusa50
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You can’t tell me that the police in Mexico don’t have a pretty good idea who the kidnappers are.


2 posted on 11/12/2007 6:36:11 AM PST by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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Pérez Merelles was snatched from his car Oct. 22 after a gang of heavily armed assailants blocked his vehicle and, in full view of witnesses, killed his bodyguard/driver, delivering a coup de grâce shot to the back of his head. The abductors then shoved the driver's body into the trunk of Pérez Merelles' car, which was later found abandoned. After the abduction, when the family balked at the exorbitant amount of ransom demanded by the kidnappers, the criminals reportedly upped the ante by sending two of Pérez Merelles' fingers to his family. A ransom finally was paid and Pérez Merelles was released in good health, though sans the fingers.

3 posted on 11/12/2007 7:12:53 AM PST by rawhide
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“You can’t tell me that the police in Mexico don’t have a pretty good idea who the kidnappers are.”

The police in Mexico ARE the kidnappers. The war on drugs has completely corrupted Mexican society.


4 posted on 11/12/2007 12:14:32 PM PST by monday
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