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U.S. Mormon missionary rescued Guatemala after being held captive thirty hours

A Mesa missionary held captive for 30 hours in Guatemala told her father that she is not ready to come home yet. Three kidnappers grabbed Sara Trevino, 22, on December 18th in the town of Escuintla and demanded money from her family and the church for her release. Read Article

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Quetta, Pakistan: Ophthalmologist kidnapped was released after ransom was paid

QUETTA, Pakistan — Kidnappers have freed a prominent ophthalmologist in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan Province. Relatives of Saeed Ahmed Khan announced his release on November 28. Read article

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Kenya: Spanish aid workers kidnapped!

MADRID – One year after the kidnapping of Spanish aid workers Montserrat Serra and Blanca Thiebaut in Kenya, the Spanish Foreign Minister and Doctors without Borders pursue with extreme caution the procedures to free them from captivity. Blanca and Montserrat were kidnapped on Oct. 13 last year from the refugee camp of Ifo, in Dadaab, […]

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Durban, South Africa: Irish tourist kidnapped was rescued by South African Police

Dorothy Carlyle’s family said she told them she was repeatedly slapped and stabbed with a screwdriver by her captors who argued over when they should kill her as she was paraded around a township near the seaside city of Durban “like a trophy”. The 59-year-old was ambushed as she got into her silver BMW in […]

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Australian singer forced to hide in jungle after being kidnapped in Ecuador

A SYDNEY singer has told of her ordeal after being kidnapped while canoeing through the Amazon jungle. Fiona Louise Wilde, 32, from Surry Hills, and Briton Kathryn Cox were dragged away from the river and robbed in Ecuador near the Colombian border. Read article

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Zamboanga, Philippines: Chinese merchant released by unidentified kidnappers

Unidentified kidnappers on Sunday (August 26) released one of the two Chinese merchants kidnapped in Zamboanga Sibugay province last June 4, after the alleged payment of a five million peso ransom (US$118,000). The released victim was identified as Jian Luo AKA James Luo, 43, of Guandong, China. The other victim, who has yet to be […]

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Yemen: Security officer from Italian embassy kidnapped

Yemen’s foreign minister has vowed to do everything possible to track down the kidnappers of an Italian embassy security officer and obtain his safe release, state news agency Saba said. Gunmen seized the security officer near the Italian embassy in the capital Sanaa on Sunday, Yemeni security sources said. No information has been revealed so […]

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Gyeongsang, Korea: Suspect arrested for kidnapping and murder of tourist

JEJU – Two days after police found the body of a 9-year-old girl in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang, investigators arrested a man in his 40s linked to the murder of a 39-year-old woman who went missing for 11 days on Jeju Island.The Dongbu Police Precinct in Jeju took in a 46-year-old man surnamed Kang at 6:10 […]

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Two Americans kidnapped Egypt

Pastor Michel Louis was one of two people kidnapped while traveling through Egypt on Friday during a church mission trip. Pastor Louis is the founder of the Free Pentecostal Church of God in Mattapan. His son, Reverend Jean J. M. Louis tells FOX 25 that his father was on a mission trip to Israel with […]

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Phuket, Thailand: Tourist nearly abducted

A Japanese tourist bravely came to the aid of a drunken Australian woman who was attacked in the early hours of yesterday morning. The woman was attacked by a man in front of the hotel where she was staying as a guest at roughly 4am on the morning of July 4.

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