Kidnapping in Mexico: Cuban mother and her daughter held by a cartel that demands money.

A Cuban asked for help on social media to recover his wife and stepdaughter, who were kidnapped by criminals in Mexico, and are now being demanded a ransom for their lives.

"Those who know me know that I have never been a person of networks or one to ask for help. Today it's my turn," wrote the user Reinier Iglesias desperately on Facebook.

According to this Cuban, his stepdaughter and wife were kidnapped on the afternoon of last Tuesday in Mexico, without specifying the city where they were located, and now they are demanding 10,000 dollars for their release.

The Cuban requested financial help from friends and acquaintances to be able to reunite with his family. “If you can contribute just a single grain of sand, I would be eternally grateful. For those who cannot donate, I understand the situation; just help me share this post so that it can touch the hearts of all the people who can and want to help,” he stated in his post, where he also left his phone number for contact: 81 385 801 31.

The migration crisis has brought an increase in cases of kidnappings of Cubans in Mexico, with criminal gangs taking advantage of the route to demand money from the migrants' families in the United States.

A tragic episode like that was experienced by a woman and her two children, who were kidnapped in February of this year and managed to arrive safely in the United States.

"To everyone who helped me, I have no words. You are all my family because you saved my sister and my nephews. They have already been released, they are in the United States. You are all warriors... I love you," said the user Osvaldo Hechevarría to the Cubans who collaborated with money and shared his story on social media.

Another story involved a young Cuban who was kidnapped in Mexico shortly before his appointment with CBP One at the U.S. border.

He said that he was kidnapped along with two other Cubans, and their captors smoked marijuana and gave them a bean burrito a day that they had to divide in half.

The cases have also involved large Cuban groups, as happened in Oaxaca, when the state's Attorney General found 85 undocumented individuals, including 50 Cubans, kidnapped in a private house in the town of Salina Cruz.