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Kidnappings soar in Mexico as drug gangs seek new income

Daniel Escobedo was driving to school when he stopped for what he thought was a security check at a roadblock in the Mexican city of Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. Worried about being late for class, he hurriedly handed his driver’s license to the two uniformed men, who he thought were police officers. Full Story