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Daily Archives: January 8th, 2012

 Omar Ortiz, a Mexican football star has been arrested for allegedly taking part in a major kidnapping ring  with Gulf Cartel  organized crime gangsters operating in Nuevo Leon state who are bitter rivals in the Mexican drug trade and extortion rackets with the Zetas cartel

‘El Gato’, or ‘The Cat,’ as Ortiz’s bright eyes led him to be called, is accused of selecting victims, mainly business owners, for ransoms of up to $73,000 for the Gulf drug cartel. Al Jazeera’s Bhanu Bhatnagar reports News