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Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Bishop, Salvador Rangel, found alive after 48 hours as his kidnappers drugged, beat and emptied his bank account after they stole his ATM cards.
A retired Roman Catholic bishop who was known for trying to mediate between drug cartels in Mexico was found and taken to a hospital after apparently being briefly kidnapped, the Mexican Council of Bishops said Monday.
The church leadership in Mexico said in a statement earlier that Monsignor Salvador Rangel, a bishop emeritus, disappeared on Saturday and called on his captors to release him.
Information reads: “El obispo, Salvador Rangel, fue víctima de un secuestro exprés. Le robaron sus tarjetas y dinero a través de cajeros automáticos”, aseguró #PorLaMañana el fiscal de Morelos, Uriel Carmona. Dijo que por temas de salud, el obispo todavía no ha declarado y agregó que fue trasladado a un hospital privado.””
Uriel Carmona, the chief prosecutor of Morelos state, where the bishop disappeared, said “preliminary indications are that it may have been an ‘express’ kidnapping.”
In Mexico, regular kidnappings are often lengthy affairs involving long negotiations over ransom demands. “Express” kidnappings, on the other hand, are quick abductions usually carried out by low-level criminals were ransom demands are lower, precisely so the money can be handed over more quickly.
Earlier, the council said Rangel was in ill health, and begged the captors to allow him to take his medications as “an act of humanity.”
The left-wing party in power claims to be tackling the root causes of violence, such as poverty, while opposition candidate Xochitl Galvez has pledged a return to a tougher policy towards crime and delinquents.
Violence surged in 2006 when then-president Felipe Calderon launched an offensive against the cartels. Since then the country has recorded 450,000 murders, and some 100,000 missing persons.
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