Mexican border town mayor found alive after hourslong kidnapping in Zacatecas
Authorities said armed men intercepted the mayor’s vehicle and released him hours later, while investigators have not identified the captors.
- Federal officials confirmed on Sunday that Miguel Ángel Almaraz Maldonado, Mayor of Río Bravo, was found alive after being kidnapped for several hours on Saturday while traveling through Zacatecas.
- Armed men in two pickup trucks intercepted the mayor's vehicle on Saturday, abandoning his companions on the road; relatives reached Cedral, San Luis Potosí, and alerted the Guardia Civil Estatal.
- Almaraz, a member of the National Action Party, won the Río Bravo mayor's office in 2024 and was previously imprisoned in 2009 on money laundering and fuel-theft accusations, though acquitted six years later.
- Tamaulipas attorney general Jesús Govea Orozco reported having no conclusive information, as authorities have not identified the perpetrators and the case remains under investigation with many basic facts unconfirmed.
- The abduction highlights the volatile border corridor where the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel operate, posing persistent threats to elected officials traveling through this high-risk region.
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Miguel Ángel Almaraz Maldonado, mayor of the border municipality of Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, was located alive yesterday after the previous Saturday it was reported that the edil and other people traveling with him were deprived of their liberty on the road that connects San Luis Potosí with Zacatecas, which mobilized authorities from four states and the federal security cabinet.
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Mexican border town mayor found alive after hourslong kidnapping in Zacatecas
Federal officials say the mayor of a Mexican border town has been found alive after he was kidnapped for several hours while traveling in the northern state of Zacatecas.
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