http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/world/americas/in-mexico-a-kidnapping-ignored-as-gang-crimes-go-unpunished.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
This long, detailed, sad and chilling piece follows the fates of 18 members of a Matamoros family kidnapped last 9 July...across from the USA border by a so-called 'good' narco gang.
5 men are still unaccounted for...despite payments exceeding $100,000 usd.
It reports on the uselessness of law enforcement to prosecute or even cope with kidnappings...as abductions in Mexico have soared by more than 300% since 2005.
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