Two Mexican soldiers were kidnapped by a convoy of more than two dozen cartel gunmen in the Mexican state of Hidalgo after the troops stopped a tractor‑trailer hauling stolen fuel. The brazen daylight abduction left one serviceman dead and the other hospitalized.
More than two dozen cartel gunmen kidnapped two Mexican National Guardsmen (GN) who had tried to intercept a tractor-trailer moving a load of stolen fuel. The gunmen reportedly killed one of the guardsmen and released the second officer, who needed medical attention.
The incident took place this week in the state of Hidalgo, in the municipality of Huichapan. According to a report from Mexico’s Proceso, GN Agents Erik Antuan Portilla Morán and Gustavo Ramírez Roque pulled over a tractor-trailer that was carrying stolen fuel.
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