A well-liked mayor from the Mexican border city of Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, is missing after a group of gunmen kidnapped him while he was traveling with his family in western Mexico. Initially, the gunmen had taken his family as well but released them some time later.
\n\nThe incident happened this weekend in the state of San Luis Potosi, when Rio Bravo Mayor Miguel Angel Almaraz was traveling by highway with his family. Details of the kidnapping remain unclear, but authorities from San Luis Potosi revealed that after a short while, his family was released. The mayor remains missing.
\n\nBy Sunday morning, Mexico’s top security official, Omar Garcia Harfuch, said his officer had been found safe, with help from San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas. It remains unclear if he was rescued or released by his captors.
\n\nIn a short statement, San Luis Potosi officials revealed that it was the victim’s family that reported the kidnapping after their release. State authorities in San Luis Potosí and the neighboring state of Zacatecas immediately launched a series of search-and-rescue operations to find Almaraz.
\n\nDespite immediate responses from the governments of San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas, Tamaulipas Governor Americo Villarreal took a full day to…
Original source: https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/
