5 kidnapped at Mexico ranch
U.S. and Mexican authorities are searching for three Americans and two Mexicans kidnapped by dozens of armed men who swarmed a Mexican hunting ranch near the Texas border.
Witnesses told police that 30 to 40 armed men entered the La Barranca ranch late Sunday and took the five men. The ranch is near the Mexican town of Hidalgo, about 30 miles northwest of Nuevo Laredo.
Erik Vasys, an FBI spokesman in San Antonio, identified the Americans as ranch owner Librado Pina Jr., 49, and his son Librado Pina III, 25, both of Laredo, Texas; and David Mueller, 45, a hunter from the Sweetwater area.
The kidnappers also seized the ranch’s cook and a Mexican man hunting at the ranch. No ransom demand was reported.
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