KIDNAPPING

The Texas Department of Public Safety is urging Texans to avoid traveling to Mexico during spring break, and beyond, due to the ongoing violence throughout that country.

The anonymous tip that led Mexican authorities to a remote shack where four abducted Americans were held described armed men, people wearing blindfolds and plenty of activity around a ranch.

The violent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico has shaken families across the Carolinas who agonized for days while waiting to learn if their loved ones survived a cosmetic surgery road trip that turned deadly.

A Houston man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for kidnapping his ex-girlfriend and fatally shooting her boyfriend in 2020, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced on Monday.

The Houston woman accused of kidnapping her childhood friend and friend’s newborn baby before murdering the friend in 2019 is expected to enter a plea agreement next week, a Travis County court official confirmed to KPRC 2 on Tuesday.

A woman has been arrested and charged after police say she kidnapped her friend’s 2-day-old daughter over the weekend.

A suspect has been arrested and charged after deputies say a man claimed he was held hostage in Spring.

Two children are safe after a carjacking that led to a kidnapping in southwest Houston Sunday, officers with the Houston Police Department said.

Police described the victim as an 8-year-old Asian male child and said the suspect is an unidentified White female.

Bond has been set for a man accused of kidnapping a woman who he fathered a child with before she was found dead in an SUV.

A man accused of kidnapping and fatally shooting a woman whose body was found inside an SUV in Pasadena on Monday is in custody, authorities confirmed Thursday.

A man is in custody after kidnapping his ex-girlfriend in northwest Harris County Thursday, deputies said.

Houston police are pleading for the community to come together and help get a suspect who, they said, savagely raped a 14-year-old girl, off the streets.

Cameron County Sheriff’s Department deputies have arrested three out of six people believed to be involved in an aggravated kidnapping that happened July 3 in Cameron Park.

Pasadena police say an 8-year-old girl was kidnapped and raped at knifepoint by a stranger on July 15.

A group of former leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, say the guerrilla organization was responsible for war crimes, including the kidnapping of thousands of civilians for ransom and also holding politicians as hostages for several years in the hopes of exchanging them for imprisoned rebels.

Houston police are searching for a man they said robbed and kidnapped his roommate at their Second Ward home earlier this month.

The man accused of trying to kidnap multiple girls in the Deer Park and Pasadena areas has been arrested and charged, according to the Pasadena Police Department.

Police said the suspect flagged the man down by saying something was wrong with his tire and then demanded to be paid $500.

Investigators said a man in his 20′s stopped multiple juvenile girls, asking for them for directions.

A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for admitting to his role in the violent kidnapping of a woman from her home in Katy, US Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery announced Thursday.

Authorities are investigating the deadly shootings of a man and and a woman who they believe to be connected to a “botched robbery.”

A giant straw goat that is an annual highlight in the city of Gavle is burned down by an arsonist.

Pearland police are asking for the public’s help in finding a 6-year-old boy they say was kidnapped in Pearland.

A local firefighter born in Chile was taken from his birth mother as a newborn.

Two people have been arrested and accused of kidnapping a 21-year-old man from Honduras, according to the Rosenberg Police Department.

An Amber Alert has been issued for an 18-year-old woman and her 1-year-old daughter who have possibly been kidnaped from Corpus Christi.

A woman who authorities said parked in a handicap space without a handicap placard was arrested Saturday on an open felony warrant for kidnapping.

A Florida girl says she purposely got blue slime on the man who tried to kidnap her, thinking it would be good evidence against him.

HOUSTON – A Houston man is accused of kidnapping his ex-wife and sexually assaulting her over a four-day time span, according to prosecutors. According to court documents, the victim said Herrera showed up at her home drunk on Friday, March 19, and kidnapped her while being armed with a knife. AdAccording to court documents, Herrera told the victim that he was going to “kill her tonight,” and pulled out a small knife and made the victim take off her pants and underwear. On Sunday, the victim said Herrera attempted to cut her wrist several times and even hit her in the face. According to the victim, on Monday morning, Herrera sexually assaulted her again before driving her back home and said, “If you tell anyone, I will come back and kill you.

Zamfara state governor Bello Matawalle announced that 279 girls who were abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released Tuesday. Bello Matawalle said that 279 girls had been freed after being abducted from the Government Girls Junior Secondary School in Jangebe town on Friday. It gladdens my heart to announce the release of the abducted students,” Matawalle said in a post on Twitter early Tuesday. In December, more than 300 schoolboys from a secondary school in Kankara, in northwestern Nigeria, were taken and later released. The government has said no ransom was paid for the students’ release.

LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas – A woman abducted at gunpoint from her Liberty County home Tuesday was found alive and unharmed in Illinois, according to authorities. On Tuesday, it was reported that Erika Rios Valdez, 32, was kidnapped from her home around 9:30 p.m. while parking and unhooking a food service trailer on County Road 3404 in the Plum Grove area in north Liberty County. An acquaintance, identified by authorities as Abel Farjado, 38, drove up and forced Valdez into his pickup truck at gunpoint. Police said Valdez is now staying with family members in that area and is awaiting a flight back to Liberty Texas to rejoin her family there. Police said there is a possibility of federal charges being lodged against Fajardo as Valdez was taken across state lines.

MADISONVILLE, Texas – A nearly six-year search for a missing Texas City teen has come to an end after she was found in Madisonville. Heather Renee Inks, 37, was arrested for kidnapping her then daughter Penelope Inks in October 2014, according to the FBI. According to the FBI, Heather ran off with Penelope and left Texas City after Penelope’s father was granted sole custody of her. Heather, who is a former model and actress, created multiple false identities but revealed who she was after being tracked down on April 4 at a Madisonville motel. She was taken into the custody of Child Protective Services and admitted to the hospital for a physical and mental evaluation.

Nicole Harrison, 30, has been charged with kidnapping after police said she took her ex-girlfriend’s son, sparking an Amber Alert. Prosecutors said she took her ex-girlfriend’s 10-year-old son to a motel near Greenspoint yesterday without the permission of his mother. The child’s mother told police her and Harrison had been together for eight years up until five months ago. The child’s mother said he called Harrison “dad” all of his life. The child told his mom he missed Harrison and wanted to see her.