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Police Rescue Teenage Girl From Kidnappers

Last Updated:
11-04-05 at 7:33AM

Two men are behind bars this morning after allegedly kidnapping a girl and demanding ransom from the family.

Details right now are sketchy, but it appears this was part of a human smuggling operation.

Police say Thursday night they got a call from parents saying their daughter was kidnapped.

They said two men had approached them, demanding money in exchange for their teenage daughter. That's the point when officers got involved.

"We had set-up a prearranged location to meet and transfer the cash. When we arrived we found that the victim was with our two suspects. At that point, we locked everything down and took them into custody," said Sgt. Wes Albers with the San Diego Police Department.

Police say the girl had been brought up from Mexico.

They were arrested Thursday night in San Ysidro near the Plaza De Las Americas.

The men were reportedly paid $300 to transport the girl across the border. However when they arrived, they demanded $2,000 more in ransom from the girl's parents.