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Colombia's Lonely Chimp Yoko Finds New Home In Brazil

Kidnapped from his family as an infant, then raised by a drug lord before ending up in a Colombian zoo, Yoko the chimpanzee has lived the last two years of his life alone.

International Business Times

Lifetime's intense new thriller Taken at a Basketball Game premieres tonight

In Lifetime's Taken at a Basketball Game, a father's worst fear is confirmed when he realizes his daughter has been kidnapped during a sports game

WhatToWatch

Mahmoud Khalil ‘felt as though he was being kidnapped’, lawyers say

Lawyers demand in updated lawsuit that Columbia University graduate be released from custody

The Guardian - US

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Key witness attacked in Test cricketer's cocaine trial

A drug dealer's honesty has been put under the microscope as ex-Test legspinner Stuart MacGill denies a key role in a cocaine deal before he was kidnapped.

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Kidnapped Connecticut Toddler Found 25 Years Later in Mexico: The Story of Andrea Michelle Reyes

Andrea Michelle Reyes was only 23 months old when she was kidnapped in 1999. Now, she has been found alive in Mexico after 25 years.

Latin Times

Judge awards nearly $2M after concluding FBI agent was negligent in shooting kidnapped Texas man

A federal judge has awarded nearly $2 million in damages as part of a civil lawsuit after concluding an FBI agent was negligent when he fatally shot a kidnapped Texas man during a botched rescue attempt in 2018

The Independent UK

#BringBackOurGirls: Hashtags alone will not safeguard women’s lives and rights

It has been a little over a decade since 270 female students were kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Nigeria by the extremist armed group Boko Haram. While, many of the girls escaped, were rescued or were released in exchanges, many others remain missing or feared dead.

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Toddler kidnapped in Connecticut in 1999 is found alive in Mexico, DNA confirms

Andrea Michelle Reyes, now 27, was allegedly abducted by her mother while living with her father in New Haven, Connecticut

The Independent UK

A boy was kidnapped in Atlanta 7 years ago. Now, cops say they found him alive in Colorado and arrested two suspects

Rabia Khalid took off with her Abdul Aziz Khan after it appeared his father was going to get full custody, authorities said

The Independent UK

Michigan Man Accused of Sexually Abusing Missing Teen For Months Admitted to Cops He'd Kidnapped Someone Before

A Michigan man on probation for kidnapping allegedly had a missing teen girl staying with him for months.

Latin Times

‘He looks half the man he was’: brother of Israeli hostage on seeing him pleading for release

Sighting of Evyatar David in Hamas video brought joy to his brother Ilay but his appearance indicated his suffering

The Guardian - UK

Handcuffs Used on Notorious Drug Lord Extradited to US Belonged to DEA Agent He Famously Had Kidnapped and Executed

Rafael Caro Quintero will appear before court in the handcuffs used by "Kiki" Camarena

Latin Times

A poker champ claimed he was kidnapped in a massive extortion plot. The mystery has only deepened

Exclusive: George Janssen’s longtime friend told The Independent of the poker pro’s supposed abduction, “I don't know whether it was real or not.”

The Independent UK

“During the first song at Woodstock the amp blew up. They gave me another. It sounded terrible. I cringe when I think about it”: Harvey Mandel replaced some of guitar’s biggest names – but Keith Richards cost him a spot in the Rolling Stones

The two-hand tapping pioneer on playing with Canned Heat, Jerry Garcia and John Mayall, getting beaten to the Stones gig by Ronnie Wood – and that time he was kidnapped by Alvin Lee and Mick Taylor

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The Independent UK

Philippine police rescue kidnapped Chinese student after grisly ransom ordeal

Kidnappers targeted teenager over gambling dispute

The Independent UK

Man kidnapped his wife’s boss after she stole $20m from him, police say

Larry Gilmore told police he ‘believed he was going to die’ when William Costa allegedly rammed an SUV into his Porsche and held him at gunpoint

Guitar World

“A meeting was arranged, but the guy took off and drove to Guadalajara”: It was used for one of the greatest guitar solos of all time, then “kidnapped” and driven to Mexico – the Hollywood-like story of one of George Harrison's most famous guitars

Clandestine meetings, dramatic TV pleas, ransom demands, hurried getaway drives across the Mexican border... it sounds like a thriller, but it all revolved around a very special Les Paul

Latin Times

American Citizen Living in Mexico Allegedly Kidnapped by Northeast Cartel in Nuevo León

The Northeast Cartel is one of six Mexican cartels recently designated as "terrorist organizations" by the Trump administration.

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Migrant Smuggling Network Operating in the Southern Border Dismantled In Joint U.S.-Mexico Operation

Authorities allege that the organization not only smuggled large numbers of individuals but also kidnapped migrants and extorted their families for money

Evening Standard

Body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas returned after Hamas release her remains

Ms Bibas was kidnapped with her sons from Niz Or kibbutz during Hamas's terror attack in October 2023

The Independent UK

Missing Central African Republic soldiers were kidnapped by Russian mercenaries, advocates allege

Human rights advocates and politicians from the region say Russian mercenaries are believed to be behind the disappearance of two soldiers in Central African Republic

Newslaundry

Jailed for ‘kidnapping’ her own child, a homeless woman’s long road to justice

In October 2023, news reports hailed the Mathura Government Railway Police for successfully reuniting a mother with her two-year-old daughter who had been “kidnapped” 10 months before. The police were lauded for their “extensive and unrelenting investigation”.

Newslaundry

Manipur journalist ‘kidnapped’ by unidentified assailants

Senior journalist Yambem Laba was reportedly abducted by unidentified armed persons from his residence in Imphal at gunpoint early Tuesday morning hours after he had returned from a television talk show on the current political crisis in Manipur.

The Guardian - UK

AI phone scam targets Italian business leaders including Giorgio Armani

Cloned voice of defence minister, Guido Crosetto, used in some calls asking for money to free kidnapped journalists

The Guardian - AU

In the 1600s, a Yolŋu girl was kidnapped from an Australian beach. Centuries later her story is a novel

Based on a story from pre-colonial Australia, A Piece of Red Cloth is a pioneering, ‘real collaboration’ between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal storytellers

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