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Cousin of Mexican president kidnapped for four hours
Jan 3, 2008, 15:47 GMT
Mexico City - A first cousin of Mexican President Felipe Calderon was kidnapped on Wednesday near his home in the city of Morelia and was freed four hours later, Mexican media reported Thursday.
The motive behind the attack on Alfonso Reyes - the owner of several currrency exchange bureaus in the western Mexican state of Michoacan - was not known immediately, although media reports point to labour problems.
Armed attackers reportedly intercepted the president's cousin as he was about to get into his car with his wife. Reyes was forced into another vehicle around 6 pm but was released around 10:30 pm. A strong police operation had been set up to find him.
A large part of Calderon's family lives in Morelia, where the president himself was born. In December 2006, a cousin of First Lady Margarita Zavala was murdered in an incident that led to the arrests of two people and which was allegedly a personal vendetta.
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