Kidnappings are driving Baja citizens to county



Abduction threat is on increase, FBI says
By Hiram Soto
UNION-TRIBUNE 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€