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Briant Rodriguez
VICTIM DESCRIPTION:
BRIANT RODRIGUEZ, MALE, HISPANIC, WEIGHT: 40LBS, EYES: BROWN, HAIR: BROWN, CLOTHES: YELLOW SHIRT BLUE SLEEVES, BLUE STRIPED SHORTS. BLACK SANDALS.
Organized, well-financed and violent Mexican drug cartels kidnapping cells are targeting a growing number of U.S. citizens; many victims are believed family members of drug dealers. The MDT’s are ordering murders, kidnappings and other violence against innocent Americans and some of the victims are children.
Some of the kidnappings are believed retaliation for drug dealers owing the MDC’s cash for drugs.
Authorities believe this is about terrorizing people for retaliation.
Many American residents were kidnapped and held for ransom in Mexico and others kidnapped from the United States and taken to Mexico.
“Some of the kidnapped were recovered, some were hurt and some were killed,” said agent Alex Horan, who directs the FBI’s violent-crime squad in San Diego.
“It’s not a pleasant experience. Victims have reported beatings, torture and there have been rapes. . . . Handcuffs and hoods over the head are common,” he said. “I would certainly be concerned,” Horan said.
He described the kidnapping groups as sophisticated operations similar to terrorist cells, each with a boss and clear divisions of labor. Usually, one group is involved in scouting, another carries out the kidnapping, a third holds the victim and a fourth handles the ransom.
“They know who