Villagers free gang boss mother in ”kidnap deal”

Villagers in the Mexican state of Guerrero have freed the mother of a gang leader they were holding captive in exchange for the release of a local man the gang had kidnapped. The villagers formed a vigilante group on Sunday after local engineer Isauro de Paz Duque was taken by the gang. Mr de Paz’s […]

Villagers in the Mexican state of Guerrero have freed the mother of a gang leader they were holding captive in exchange for the release of a local man the gang had kidnapped.
The villagers formed a vigilante group on Sunday after local engineer Isauro de Paz Duque was taken by the gang.
Mr de Paz’s wife appeared in a video proposing to swap the gang leader’s mother for her husband.
“In return for my husband’s life, I will deliver your mother,” she said.
When the first video failed to have the desired results, the villagers aired a second video on Wednesday showing El Tequilero’s mother pleading with her son.
“Son, if you have the engineer, hand him over, please. If you have him, I know that you are going to hand him over. Do it, please,” she said.
Following that message, Mr de Paz was released by the gang and the villagers subsequently handed El Tequilero’s mother over to the police.