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Mexico rescues 40 kidnapped migrants

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Mexican authorities have rescued around 40 migrants who were briefly kidnapped this week while traveling on a bus, officials said Thursday. Thousands of

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  1. Fox News

    Nearly 50 migrants kidnapped by gang in northern Mexico (opens Fox News)

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    Mexico's president and police announced Wednesday that nearly 50 migrants have been kidnapped by a gang in northern Mexico, the latest in a series of mass abductions.

  2. Deutsche Welle

    Mexico president says gangs kidnapped dozens of migrants – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Authorities rescued some people, but around 40 migrants are reportedly still missing after they were abducted in the northern city of Matehuala.

  3. The Boston Globe

    Some 50 migrants kidnapped by gang in northern Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says (opens The Boston Globe)

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    President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said National Guard troops were searching for the migrants in an area around the northern city of Matehuala. The migrants had been travelling north toward the US border in a bus from the southern state of Chiapas, when the vehicle, passengers and drivers were ab…

  4. Digital Journal

    Mexico rescues 40 kidnapped migrants (opens Digital Journal)

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    Mexican authorities have rescued around 40 migrants who were briefly kidnapped this week while traveling on a bus, officials said Thursday. Thousands of

  5. Border Report

    Mexico defense chief says kidnapped migrants found (opens Border Report)

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    Mexico’s Defense Secretary said on Thursday the country’s army had found 49 migrants who were kidnapped from a bus earlier in the week. Gen. Luis Cresencio Sandoval told journalists in …

  6. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Kidnappers snatch 50 migrants from bus in Mexico; 9 found (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    A busload of about 50 migrants were kidnapped by a gang in northern Mexico in the latest of a series of mass abductions, though nine were later found, Mexico's president and police said Wednesday.

  7. Al Jazeera

    Mexico: Army says 49 migrants found after kidnapping from bus (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Officials say more people may be found as search continues following abduction on way to US border.

  8. Deutsche Welle

    Mexico finds 49 kidnapped migrants – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Authorities found the group of migrants, which included 11 children, after they were abducted in the northern city of Matehuala.