Ten Cuban rafters were kidnapped in Mexico with a ransom of $9,000 dollars

A group of 10 Cuban migrants who arrived in Mexico on a raft were kidnapped in Cancun and their captors demanded a ransom of $9,000.

The Ministry of Public Security had responded to a citizen report that cited a woman screaming for help, so the police arrived at the scene to verify if there was a type of family violence, the newspaper reported.Quadratin.

When they arrived at the house, located on Arrecifes and Luciérnagas streets in superblock 501, they saw an armed man who fled when he saw them.

Agents of the Municipal Secretariat of Public Security and Traffic of Benito Juárezthey chased and detained. He was identified as Eduardo Yahir “N”, 18 years old.

The Cubans identified him as one of the people who had not let them leave for several days.

They added that he and another group of peopleThey asked their relatives for money to set them free, he addedQuintana Roo File.

The migrants were kidnapped in a home in the Paraíso Villas neighborhood of Cancún, in the Paraíso Villas neighborhood of Cancún and were in a delicate state of health due to lack of food.

Mexican authorities reported that everyone was fed and underwent a medical checkup.

During the interview with Immigration agents, they stated that several armed individuals had transferred them from Isla Mujeres with deception.

Last May, Mexican authorities also rescued a Cuban migrant who was part of a group of50 undocumented who were kidnapped in Matehuala, San Luis Potosí while traveling on a bus from Chiapas.

The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), said that those rescued were from Cuba, Venezuela, Honduras, Brazil and other countries.

In December 2022, Cuban migrant Damián Terry told a harsh testimony of the kidnapping to which he and his family were subjected by a Cartel in Mexico.

In interview withAmericaTeVe on Channel 41, Terry said that he and his family are alive thanks to his 7-year-old son, who knew how to gain the trust and affection of the human traffickers who had kidnapped them.

"We were the only family that stayed together for two months under the orders of the Cartel due to the kidnapping to which they had subjected us. Without telephone, without communication with the outside world. Our family in Cuba considered us missing. My mother left me for dead. "he explained.