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Thursday, November 15, 2012  Thursday morning authorities confirmed that a man that goes by the name of “Chacho” was arrested for being involved in the kidnapping of a Roma 19-year-old and holding him for ransom.

Monday, August 27, 2012  A Hidalgo County kidnapping victim has been released by his captors but authorities have identified one of the supsects who allegedly held him for ransom.

Friday, November 18, 2011  Seven suspected kidnappers all with alleged ties to the Gulf cartel faced a San Juan judge Friday afternoon.

Thursday, November 17, 2011  Six members of kidnapping ring with alleged ties to the Gulf Cartel are behind bars after a raid at an stash house where two men barricaded themselves inside an attic.

Monday, October 17, 2011  Three men are facing criminal charges for the kidnapping some 61 Honduran immigrants outside a bus station in Piedras Negras, Coahuila.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011  La Joya police are questioning an U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy where federal agents won't accept cases involving less than six illegal immigrants.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011  A man who was allegedly holding three illegal immigrants for ransom is behind bars after he attacked his daughter.

Thursday, April 07, 2011  Mexican media outlets are reporting that two of the 59 bodies found in eight mass graves in San Fernando, Tamaulipas.

Thursday, April 07, 2011  Action 4 News has posted RAW VIDEO of authorities at a Matamoros forensic center unloading 59 bodies taken from eight mass graves in San Fernando.

Wednesday, April 06, 2011  Mexican officials are investigating if 59 bodies found in eight mass graves near San Fernando of those of immigrants kidnapped from hijacked passenger buses.

Monday, August 23, 2010  A San Juan kidnapping where a girl was blindfolded, thrown into the back of a truck and taken across the border to Reynosa may have been a case of mistaken identity.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010  It's time to find out if die-hard "Gone With the Wind" fans really do give a you-know-what about those fabulous dresses.

Friday, May 21, 2010  The Mexican army says it has freed 55 kidnapped Central and South American migrants in a raid on a stash house in Reynosa.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010  A federal judge sentenced an associate of the Zetas to life in prison for his role in a kidnapping case where a Weslaco man was "cooked" in a ranch in Mexico.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010  A kidnapping ring is accused of taking its Rio Grande Valley victims to Mexico where they were tortured, held for ransom and in one case -- killed.