Thread: TX: Kidnapping cases often pose challenging for authorities,

Kidnapping cases often pose challenging for authorities, investigators say

December 13, 2009 7:32 PM
Jeremy Roebuck
The Monitor

PALMVIEW — Within hours of masked gunmen abducting Roberto Bautista in October, his family told investigators that they already knew who the suspects were.

His relatives insisted that neighbors sent kidnappers after the 19-year-old as part of a long-running dispute over his noisy late-night parties, Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño said. But they could not provide names or a description of the people they said were responsible.

It was only after days of investigation that deputies uncovered Bautista’s past involvement with drug trafficking, human smuggling and a pseudo-cop home invasion ring and concluded that those were more than likely the reasons he was targeted.

Bautista remains missing two months later and authorities lost valuable time chasing down what they now believe to be a story his family fabricated to cover up his criminal activity.

“It was a really unbelievable story,â€

What a nice family, just waiting for Obama's amnesty.

Dixie

After 14 years of living in the 3rd world. I can tell you my fellow Americans; this article is a perfect example of 3rd world dynamics. The 3rd world spends most of its time creating smoke and mirrors.

Most Americans believe everything you tell them. The third world, I hate to admit is more 'savy' than us at throwing perople off the trail. There is no way a cop in the 3rd world would ever believe that someone got kidnapped because of loud music-doesn't fit.

This is one reason that I think there are so many people in the US who buy the 'poor suffering illegal alien rags to rithces dream' story. Americans, again, I hate to say, are gullible. I was before I moved abroad. I've gotten a street education that I could never have gotten in the US.

Wake up America!

There was on case where a Texas family would go to a yearly music festival in Mexico. The one year the daughters went alone and disappearred. Police were called and the father went to Mexico to investiagte and found police have towed the daughter's car. The young ladies were pulled over by police and ended given to a gang which operated on both sides of the border. In the end the case was shown on America's Most Wanted and after it was broadcast the DEA told the family to leave the home as the gang members were coming to kill them. It is amazing how those drug lords and high level gang members can just walk in this country.

Originally Posted by jonhaloi

After 14 years of living in the 3rd world. I can tell you my fellow Americans; this article is a perfect example of 3rd world dynamics. The 3rd world spends most of its time creating smoke and mirrors.

Most Americans believe everything you tell them. The third world, I hate to admit is more 'savy' than us at throwing perople off the trail. There is no way a cop in the 3rd world would ever believe that someone got kidnapped because of loud music-doesn't fit.

This is one reason that I think there are so many people in the US who buy the 'poor suffering illegal alien rags to rithces dream' story. Americans, again, I hate to say, are gullible. I was before I moved abroad. I've gotten a street education that I could never have gotten in the US.

Wake up America!

I don't know what country you lived in before but I live in Northeast Miami Dade County and see the behavior you mentioned here. They have endless tricks up their sleeves to get around our laws. One common thread is that even though they speak English and threaten a person in English they almost always don't speak English once police arrive. Then if an officer speaks their language and speak to them one of the first things they do is exchange what country they or the parents come from. There is a unwritten rule people from some of those countries have where they stand up for each other even though the person did wrong. Colombians are notoriuos for that. Intimidation is often used by them and the police aren't called. My daughter and I witnessed 3 men doing a brake job in the condo fire area. You are not even allowed to work on a vehicle in the complex let alone in a fire zone so the security guard told them to stop. The men had tools in their hands and surrounded the guard. A couple of them were even tapping their palms with a wrench to get the message across. They even make racist comments to the black security guards. It has gotten so bad with all the third worlders or fourth worlders as we call some of them that we no longer have female security guards on the property as it is too dangerous.