kidnapping

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The U.S. case against a Mexican governor is entwined with the mysterious kidnapping of Sinaloa cartel kingpin Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Adedoja and Bakas were found not guilty of attempted kidnapping.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Sometimes, though, the birds recruit new helpers by kidnapping other groups’ young.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson was released by Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah a week after her kidnapping in Baghdad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Michael O’Laughlen, a twenty-eight-year-old childhood friend of Booth’s, another former Confederate soldier and participant in the kidnapping plot, was also arrested on the seventeenth.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson