Suspected drug cartel gunmen abducted two off-duty female soldiers at gunpoint for several hours Thursday, the Mexican army said.
The commander of the army headquarters in the Pacific coast resort of Puerto Vallarta said the two women were vacationing there when they were kidnapped just after midnight.
The two had rented a property in Puerto Vallarta and"were enjoying the beach ... on vacation," Pérez López said, calling it"a cowardly act."He said the kidnappers were believed to be members of a drug gang"because of the way in which they operated." Puerto Vallarta is dominated by the violent Jalisco drug cartel, which has often openly clashed with the military. The Department of Justice
The shows feature"gangs of drug traffickers, with actors, men, beautiful women, property, the latest cars, jewelry, designer clothes, power," he told reporters.In another incident Wednesday, a member of the quasi-military National Guard opened fire on a vehicle, killing one university student and wounding another.
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