December 1, 2012         John W         John W's previous articles 

                        True story from Mexico

Yesterday I met a Canadian man who told me the following story.
I have no reason to doubt the story

He was in Mexico City for a Christmas holiday with some friends.
One night when he caught a taxi by himself, the driver stopped unexpectedly....and two men got into the taxi....a kidnapping

For two weeks the man was locked in a small building in a remote area while his captors negotiated with his family in Canada for a ransom. Canadian and Mexican police were notified but could not do anything

Captors planned to cut off a finger from man's left hand...and post it to his family. Finger still has scar from where preliminary wound was made

One night when captors were watching a football match on TV, man was able to escape from the building.  Captors ran after him but he eluded them.

He fell and dislocated (not sprained) his ankle as he was nearing a remote country road.  He needed an ambulance.....and the first vehicle to come along was ...an ambulance - "because my mother was praying for me"

Man said he got to know his captors well. Said their motivation was not greed but hunger. They and their families were close to starving so they used this desperate measure to get money