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

"What they used to say is that under the law it's classified as kidnapping but it isn't kidnapping because she's my mum," he said.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

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

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee, China is known to have “conducted coerced repatriations of economic fugitives from the U.K. and kidnapping of dual nationals overseas.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

I told her what R.C. had said the night before the kidnapping.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe