Miami Man Disappears In Mexico

[Judi Lynn]

Source: http://www.justnews.com/news/19601323/detail.html

Miami Man Disappears In Mexico
Lawmakers Join Effort To Find Missing Man

POSTED: Friday, May 29, 2009
UPDATED: 1:08 pm EDT May 29, 2009

Lourdes and Felix Batista
MIAMI -- Family members of a Miami man who has been missing in Mexico for months are getting some help in their search for him.

Relatives of Felix Batista met Friday with Sen. Bill Nelson and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who are getting involved in demanding that the Mexican government step up and cooperate in the search.

Batista, a specialist in working for hostage releases, was in Mexico working as a hostage negotiator. In December, Batista was in a meeting when he received a phone call. Batista turned over his cell phone, computer and personal belongings to the people for whom he was working, then he apparently went to meet the hostage taker.

The hostage was eventually released, but Batista was never seen again.

Mexican officials have not given much information to the U.S. government. Nelson met with Batista's wife, Lourdes Batista, to assure her he will put pressure on the Mexican government to get involved.

"If we don't see some cooperation from them, I will blast them on the floor of the Senate until kingdom come, and they don't like that kind of attention," Nelson said.

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Democratic Senator Bill Nelson

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Miami Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen with _{Jeb Bush, George W. Bush} and Lincoln Diaz-Balart

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Felix Batista

[Judi Lynn]

1. Felix Batista Wikipedia:

Felix Batista
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Felix Batista is a Cuban-American<1> anti-kidnapping expert and former U.S. Army major who has negotiated resolution to nearly 100 kidnapping and ransom cases,<2> dozens of them in Mexico.<3> Batista is a consultant for Houston, Texas-based security firm ASI Global.<2>

Kidnapping
On December 10, 2008, Batista was kidnapped outside a restaurant in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico by unknown assailants<2> while there to speak and give anti-kidnapping advice.<4>

Batista was in a restaurant with several other people when he received a phone call, according to a written statement released by the state attorney general's office in Saltillo.

After speaking on the telephone, he told his colleagues that several people in a white pickup were going to give him a message, said the statement. He got into a vehicle which did not match the description he had given his colleagues. Since then, no one has had any communication with him. No ransom demand has been made. <1>

The statement said there was no sign of violence at the scene. <5>

Currently, the Batista family are trying to petition for U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to speak about the ongoing violence and the safety of Americans. <6>


Military
Felix I. Batista, a former major in the Florida Army National Guard, was instrumental while commanding a Military Intelligence company developed a field training exercise called "Red Scorpion" which is now used NGB-wide by other National Guard Military Intelligence units.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Batista

[MercutioATC]

2. Is he a 17-year-old blonde white girl?

No?

Then I don't care.

:P

[ohio2007]

4. ?

Whats he really doing down there?



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[rabs]

3. An anti-kidnapping "expert" gets himself kidnapped and "disappeared."

You play with Mexican scorpions, you WILL get stung.