Incident: Pastor Ricardo Alcaraz kidnapped for defending migrants
General Information
| Title: | Pastor Ricardo Alcaraz kidnapped for defending migrants |
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| Country: | Mexico |
| State/Province: | Tamaulipas |
| City: | Nuevo Laredo |
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| Date of Incident: | 2019-09-19 |
| Security Level: | Public |
| Summary: | |
| The Northeast Cartel (CDN) is accused of kidnapping the pastor of the Perfect Love Christian Church, for his defense of migrants, as he refused to hand them over so that the drug trafficking group extorted the relatives of the undocumented. | |
Nature of Incidents
| Killings: | 0 |
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| (Attempts) to destroy, vandalize or desecrate places of worship or religious buildings: | 0 |
| Closed places of worship or religious buildings: | 0 |
| Arrests/detentions: | 0 |
| Sentences: | 0 |
| Abductions: | 1 |
| Sexual assaults/harassment: | 0 |
| Forced marriages: | 0 |
| Other forms of attack (physical or mental abuse) | 0 |
| Attacked houses/property of faith adherents: | 0 |
| Attacked shops, businesses or institutions of faith adherents: | 0 |
| Forced to leave home: | 0 |
| Forced to leave country: | 0 |
| Non-physical violence : | 0 |
Responsible Actor Category
| Responsible Actor Name: | Northeast Cartel (CDN) |
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| Responsible actor category: | Organized crime |
Responsible Actor Religion
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Religion of Victim(s)
| Religion of victim(s): | Christian |
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| Subcategory Religion of victim(s): | Christian, General |
Additional Information
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Web Sources
| Name: | Northeast Cartel kidnaps young Christian pastor for refusing to hand over migrants |
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| Url: | https://laopinion.com/2019/09/19/cartel-del-noreste-secuestra-a-joven-pastor-cristiano-por-negarse-a-entregar-a-migrantes/ |
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