Man pleads guilty in last year's kidnapping-for-ransom attempt
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January 25, 2010 5:54 PM
Jeremy Roebuck

EDINBURG — An undocumented immigrant accused of kidnapping a Mission woman and holding her for ransom pleaded guilty to aggravated kidnapping charges Jan. 15.

Javier Vereozo Ortiz was sentenced to four years in prison as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.

Investigators alleged Vereozo and another man — Roberto Jaico — took the woman from her home, held her for four days and demanded a $500,000 ransom from her family before releasing her unharmed.

Their victim was eventually found April 2 by the by the Women, Infants and Children clinic near the intersection of 5 Mile Line and Glasscock Road.

Mission police officers arrested Vereozo, Jaico and a 16-year-old more than two weeks later.

Jaico also received a four year sentence in August 2009.

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