Kidnappings are driving Baja citizens to county

Abduction threat is on increase, FBI says

By Hiram Soto
STAFF WRITER

August 30, 2008

He leaves for Tijuana early in the morning and comes back to his rented Eastlake home late at night, always taking a different route, even using different cars. He rarely ventures into the streets since criminals kidnapped and killed a close relative, and after surviving a kidnap attempt himself.

A lawyer, he speaks reluctantly, anonymously, and scared for his life.
“My life is ridiculous,â€