Mexico ( Police Arrest 9 Kidnappers, Free 2 Captives in Western Mexico )

MEXICO CITY – Police arrested nine suspected kidnappers and rescued two captives in Guadalajara, the capital of the western Mexican state of Jalisco, officials said.

The operation was carried out Monday afternoon in the El Palomar district after a victim of the kidnappers filed a criminal complaint, Jalisco Public Safety Commissioner Francisco Alejandro Solorio said.

Police seized five firearms and five vehicles from the kidnappers, one of whom is a woman, Solorio said.

One of the suspects has been linked to the massacre of 26 people whose bodies were dumped at the Arcos del Milenio monument on Nov. 24, 2011, Solorio said.

Investigators blamed Los Zetas, considered Mexico’s most violent drug cartel, for the killings because of a sign left with the bodies and oil markings on the victims that said “Z Milenio.”

Prosecutors “will continue the investigation since it appears the suspects took part in other kidnappings and crimes,” the Jalisco Attorney General’s Office said. EFE

Mexico ( Four Die in Shooting at Bar in Central Mexico )

MEXICO CITY – Four people were killed in a shooting Wednesday at a bar in Nezahualcoyotl, a city in central Mexico, media reports said.

Several gunmen drove up to the Mi Oficina bar in the city’s La Perla district in the early morning hours, went inside and opened fire.

Nezahualcoyotl is in Mexico state, which surrounds the Federal District and forms part of the Mexico City metropolitan area.

Investigators are still trying to determine whether the victims – two men and two women – were employees or patrons of the bar.

The motive for the attack is not known, but there is speculation that it may be linked to an extortion racket targeting the bar’s owner.

Nezahualcoyotl, located east of the Federal District, is one of the most dangerous cities in Mexico state.

On July 1, gunmen killed three people at a bar on Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz avenue, a street on the Nezahualcoyotl-Mexico City limits.

An SUV pulled up in front of the bar and three gunmen got out, entered the bar and opened fire, eyewitnesses and employees told Mexican media.

The gunmen opened fire on three people who apparently worked at the establishment, media reports said.

The bar’s owners reportedly refused to pay money to a gang that targeted them in an extortion racket, Mexico state Attorney General’s Office spokesmen said. EFE

 

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Japan ( Thief steals 80 year old womans bag on escalator - She runs after him )

Japan - Suspect is seen in video in the shirt and tie, hanging out by the escalator and then he grabs the 80 year old woman's bag. She attempts to chase him but the suspect gets away .

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Syria ( Al Qaeda-linked terrorists in the Eastern Syrian city of Raqqa abducted a prominent Italian Jesuit priest. )

Tue Jul 30, 2013 4:11

Al-Qaeda Kidnaps Italian Priest in Syria

        

TEHRAN (FNA)- Al Qaeda-linked terrorists in the Eastern Syrian city of Raqqa abducted a prominent Italian Jesuit priest.

The terrorist group's members kidnapped father Paolo Dall'Oglio on Monday while he was walking in the city, which had fallen under the control of militant extremist brigades, the sources in Raqqa province told Reuters.

The unrest in Syria started in March 2011, when pro-reform protests turned into a massive insurgency following intervention of western and regional states.

Many Syrians who sided with the opposition at start of the protests have now turned to side with the government and the army to defend their country against foreign-backed extremists.

TEXAS ( Man dies after being held captive - in Texas Home )

1 of 3 elderly men held captive in Texas home dies

Posted: Jul 30, 2013 2:49 PM by Associated Press

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HOUSTON - One of three men found malnourished and held against their will in a dungeon-like garage of a Houston house has died.

A Houston police statement Tuesday says 79-year-old William Merle Greenawalt died Thursday. Two other former captives, 59-year-old Dean Cottingham and 64-year-old John Edward Padget, are out of the hospital and in the care of Adult Protective Services.

Walter Renard Jones was arrested at the scene Aug. 19, when the men were found. The 31-year-old Houston man remains jailed on two counts of injury to the elderly with serious bodily injury. A message left with his attorney wasn't returned.

Police say the men told investigators they were forced to live in the garage so their captor could cash their assistance checks.