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Mexico violence: Newly elected Congresswoman kidnapped
From https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45195184
Mexico violence: Newly elected Congresswoman kidnapped
8 hours ago
FACEBOOK/RODRIGUEZ
The 32-year-old was a mayor before successfully running for Congress
A newly elected Mexican Congresswoman, Norma Azucena Rodríguez Zamora, has been kidnapped at gunpoint on a highway in central Hidalgo state.
Two men shot at Ms Rodríguez's car, injuring an assistant and the driver and causing the vehicle to flip over.
The gunmen pulled Ms Rodríguez from the car and forced her into their vehicle.
The kidnapping comes little more than a month after the mayor of the town of Naupan was seized and killed in the same area.
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8 hours ago
FACEBOOK/RODRIGUEZ
The 32-year-old was a mayor before successfully running for Congress
A newly elected Mexican Congresswoman, Norma Azucena Rodríguez Zamora, has been kidnapped at gunpoint on a highway in central Hidalgo state.
Two men shot at Ms Rodríguez's car, injuring an assistant and the driver and causing the vehicle to flip over.
The gunmen pulled Ms Rodríguez from the car and forced her into their vehicle.
The kidnapping comes little more than a month after the mayor of the town of Naupan was seized and killed in the same area.
...
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