Kidnapped American woman among 15 people rescued from stash house in Mexico where migrants were being held by smugglers
- An American woman was rescued from a stash house where she was being held against her will with 14 Mexican and Honduran migrants in Mexico
- U.S. Border Patrol Patrol’s Laredo Sector Foreign Operation Branch was tipped off about the woman’s kidnapping and alerted the FBI
- A rescue plan was put together with Mexico’s National Defense and the U.S. Border Patrol to free the victims
- Mexican military raided the home in Nuevo Laredo, a border city in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, on February 8
- Mexican and United States authorities have not revealed the motive behind the American woman’s kidnapping
An American female kidnapping victim was among 15 people who were recently rescued by the Mexican military in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas.
The operation came about after the U.S. Border Patrol Patrol’s Laredo Sector Foreign Operation Branch reached out to the FBI after the agency learned that a woman was being held against her own will at a house in the border city of Nuevo Laredo.
The FBI coordinated a plan with Mexico’s Secretariat of National Defense and Border Patrol to liberate the victims.
An American woman was rescued by the Mexican military during a February 8 raid in Tamaulipas, Mexico. U.S. Border Patrol Patrol’s Laredo Sector Foreign Operation Branch was tipped off about the woman’s kidnapping and alerted the FBI. A plan was put together with Mexico’s National Defense and the U.S. Border Patrol to free her and 14 migrants
12 of the 14 migrants who were held against their will at a stash house in Tamaulipas, Mexico, earlier this month before security forces raided the residence and freed them February 8
Mexican security forces raided the home located in the Nuevo Laredo neighborhood of La Joya the afternoon of February 8 and successfully carried out the mission.
The individuals were found alone in the stash house without their purported captors.
The motive of the American woman’s kidnapping is unknown.
The Mexican military did not find any of the captors during the raid of the home February 8
Mexican and U.S. authorities have yet to provide a motive for the American woman’s kidnapping
The victims, including 12 Mexican and two Honduran nationals, were provided medical attention on site.
The Honduran migrants were turned over the National Institute of Migration, in accordance to Mexican immigration laws.
DailyMail.com reached out to the U.S. Border Patrol’s Laredo Sector and the FBI’s San Antonio field office for comment.
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