A Northern California woman who was kidnapped in Mexico last year while walking her dog has been found safe and is on her way back to the U.S. after being released by her captors, the FBI announced Saturday.
last year while walking her dog has been found safe and is on her way back to the U.S. after being released by her captors, the FBI announced Saturday.She had been held captive since she was kidnapped on Nov. 29 of last year while walking her dog home from work in Tepatitlán, Jalisco in western Mexico, federal authorities reported.
"Our relief and joy at the safe return of Monica is profound," Robert Tripp, special agent in charge of the FBI's San Francisco Field Office said in a statement."The FBI investigation is far from over, but we can now work this case knowing an innocent victim is reunited with her family."
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