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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1129235" data-attributes="member: 12952">[h=1]Mexican cartel-style &#039;express kidnappings&#039; now happening in North Carolina[/h]On Wednesday, Jorge Rentas, Alejandro Zambrano, Gema Yadaria Zambrano&nbsp; and Orlando Zambrano were all arraigned in a Newton courtroom. All four&nbsp; have been charged with kidnapping.&nbsp;The defendants reportedly abducted Alfonso M outside a Lowe&#039;s store in Hickory.M had gone to buy curtains for their home. About an hour after leaving she started getting phone calls demanding a $200,000 ransom for his safe return.&nbsp;&quot;Twelve o&#039;clock was what they said was it or they would kill him.&nbsp; This is bad, this is bad. They want us to come through with some money&nbsp; now or we are not going to make it,&quot; she said.&nbsp;&quot;We believe he was specifically targeted because he had access to money and that he could get money for his release,&quot; said Capt. Reed Baer with Hickory police.&nbsp;According to a search warrant, police traced the phone calls to a&nbsp; mobile home in southeast Hickory where they made the arrest after&nbsp; finding M restrained. Inside they recovered several guns, rope, and&nbsp; a roll of duct tape. &nbsp; At least three of the suspects are in the country illegally, according to police.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1129235, member: 12952"] [h=1]Mexican cartel-style 'express kidnappings' now happening in North Carolina[/h] On Wednesday, Jorge Rentas, Alejandro Zambrano, Gema Yadaria Zambrano and Orlando Zambrano were all arraigned in a Newton courtroom. All four have been charged with kidnapping. The defendants reportedly abducted Alfonso M outside a Lowe's store in Hickory. M had gone to buy curtains for their home. About an hour after leaving she started getting phone calls [B]demanding a $200,000 ransom[/B] for his safe return. "Twelve o'clock was what they said was it or they would kill him. This is bad, this is bad. They want us to come through with some money now or we are not going to make it," she said. "We believe [B]he was specifically targeted because he had access to money[/B] and that he could get money for his release," said Capt. Reed Baer with Hickory police. According to a search warrant, police traced the phone calls to a mobile home in southeast Hickory where they made the arrest after finding M restrained. Inside they recovered several guns, rope, and a roll of duct tape. At least [B]three of the suspects are in the country illegally[/B], according to police. [/QUOTE]

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