Man who escaped kidnappers tells of Mexican underworld

“Juan Perez said he escaped from a gang of Mexican kidnappers Sunday, but his wife was not as lucky.

The El Salvadoran couple wanted to come to the United States to work but ran into trouble at the Las Norias checkpoint, 74 miles south of Matamoros.

Perez said he, his wife and other Central Americans were forced to exit a Transpaí­s bus by Mexican immigration offi-cials.

The 34-year-old man said they were sold several times between criminals and police until they ended up in the hands of a criminal organization in Matamoros.”

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