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  • Alan Pulido (centre), pictured after his release, stands next to the governor of Tamaulipas, Egidio Torre Cantu
    Footballer's kidnap highlights Mexico's missing Jump to media player International footballer Alan Pulido was freed less than 24 hours after being kidnapped in Mexico. Others are not so fortunate.
    • 30 May 16
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  • Mexico cartel kidnapper
    Video duration 2:55
    Cartel kidnapper: Mess with me? I'll kill you Jump to media player A kidnapper for a Mexican cartel tells the BBC the extreme lengths he will go to to carry out a kidnapping.
    • 11 Mar 16
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  • Illustration of wife receiving call from kidnappers
    Video duration 1:35
    Mexico kidnap - the call Jump to media player How a wife reacted when kidnappers called to say they were holding her husband and daughters.
    • 09 Mar 16
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  • Illustration of Mexican man
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    Mexico kidnap - the crime Jump to media player How a father and his daughters were kidnapped by a gang in Mexico.
    • 09 Mar 16
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  • Illustration of a kidnapped man in Mexico
    Video duration 1:40
    Mexico kidnap - the rescue Jump to media player How a kidnapped husband made it back to his wife and daughters.
    • 10 Mar 16
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  • Artistic rendering of the face of missing Jhosivani Guerrero de la Cruz
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    Iguala students: The disappeared 43 Jump to media player A year on the from the disappearance of 43 Mexican students, Horacio Lozano Warpola tells their story in a poem read by an actor.
    • 26 Sep 15
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  • Families searching for missing relatives
    Video duration 2:58
    Missing relatives search in Mexico Jump to media player The disappearance of 43 students in Mexico has thrown new light on the estimated 26,000 people who have also gone missing in the last decade
    • 03 Dec 14
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Footballer's kidnap highlights Mexico's missing

International footballer Alan Pulido was freed less than 24 hours after being kidnapped in Mexico, but thousands are not so fortunate.

  • 30 May 2016
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