The defendants are accused of kidnapping nine people and demanding payment from the families. In some cases the victims, who included three U.S. citizens, were killed even when the ransom was paid.
Members of a violent kidnap-for-ransom ring based in Tijuana were indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury after they were accused of abducting nine people and killing six of them, including three U.S. citizens.
All six are Mexican citizens, prosecutors said. They were arrested in Mexico and also face charges filed by local authorities. After each abduction, members of the ring would contact the victim’s family and demand ransom payments, according to the indictment. Once payment was set up, prosecutors said, Yera would instruct an unnamed co-conspirator to go to one of several set locations in the U.S. to collect the money. A second unnamed co-conspirator would help with processing the ransom payments.Three Southern California men were abducted, and two killed, by a Tijuana-based kidnapping ring, federal authorities said.
In other cases, ransom payments were made. Three of the remaining six kidnapping victims, including one from San Diego, were killed despite relatives sending money, according to the indictment.
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