San Diego Union Tribune: U.S. citizen kidnapped in Tijuana

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U.S. citizen kidnapped in Tijuana

UNION-TRIBUNE

April 12, 2006

TIJUANA – A U.S. citizen of Chinese descent was kidnapped Monday afternoon from in front of his business here, just days after another kidnapped U.S. businessman escaped from his abductors.

The victim in the latest incident is George Kwok Choi Chu, who goes by George Chu, according to the U.S. Consulate. He was identified by the Tijuana-based Frontera newspaper as the owner of Choi's, which sells seafood to Chinese restaurants. Liza Davis of the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana said Chu is a seafood wholesaler. Jan Caldwell of the FBI confirmed that the case is being investigated as a kidnapping by Mexican authorities.

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Last week, businessman Yong Hak Kim, president of Amex Manufacturing, was kidnapped as he drove to work in Tijuana. His company provides support services to international factories along the border.

His kidnappers asked for $2 million, but Kim escaped before paying any money. Mexican authorities identified some of his suspected kidnappers as his employees.


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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20060412-9999-1m12kidnap.html

[sui generis]

1. FINALLY

a non blonde non white non chick.

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[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. my thought exactly. How dare they report this?

[MADem]

2. Wow, like Baghdad, without the mortars, car bombs, bullets, and IEDs!!!

[IndyJones]

3. Kidnapping is big business in Mexico.

Says his own employees did it. Glad he escaped.

Sadly, many kidnappings have happened along the border states within the US by individuals in Mexico. It's a business there.