Felix Batista, an anti-kidnap specialist who has been credited with ensuring the freedom of hundreds of hostages was abducted as he stepped outside a restaurant to answer a phone call.

The increase in crime in Mexico, especially kidnapping, will have a very chilling effect on the relocation of America manufacturing and other businesses across the border.  American executives and managers are just not willing to take the risks to visit their plants there.

News of capital crimes in tourist areas will not help their tourist industry either. The recent story of dozens of gunmen storming a Holiday Inn in Monterrey and taking six hostages will cause a lot of vacancies throughout the country.

Failure to control the crime in Mexico will have a devastating effect on their economy. As it spills over our borders our citizens will demand increasingly stronger response.

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