Burning Atlanta

Funny, we've had drug dealers for a very long time but that didn't equal kidnappings. However, as it's a cultural thing with dealers from south of the border, when the Mexican , etc.. dealers come around then kidnappings go up. There's another little aspect to that. In Mexico some people conspire with other to "kidnap" themselves for the ransom. It's always about the money. Got a rich relative? Simple, vanish to your buddy's house for a while. Have threats and demands made until the family pays up. They're so happy you made it back alive, and you're so happy to have all that money stashed some place.

The other ingrediant not mentioned in this article has to do with illegal aliens. Seems that many of these scum are gate-crashers. Gee, what a surprise. Any investigations involving these types of crimes should aslo involve ICE. And after the victim and perps are dealt with then ICE should investigate everybody, families included, and throw all their illegal asses out.

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A recent increase in drug-related kidnappings in Gwinnett County has put a spotlight on drug violence in Georgia, federal agents say.

About nine drug-related kidnappings have occurred in Gwinnett this year. The latest involved a man bound and chained in a basement in Lilburn who was rescued by federal agents last week.

Mexican drug cartels are moving large amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana into the country for distribution up the East Coast, said Rodney Benson, the special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in Atlanta. Drug-related kidnappings have increased in the past 90 days, he said. Gwinnett is a center of Mexican drug cartel activity in the area because of easy transportation on I-85 and a large Hispanic population where traffickers can try to blend in, said U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia David Nahmias.

Three Gwinnett cases in the past three months have involved a kidnapping victim held in a home and released after a police rescue or a stakeout of a ransom drop.

"The victims are suspected drug runners or drug dealers, and they're making someone mad," Spellman said. "Somehow, they came up short."

Family members of suspected drug dealers called police to say their relative had been kidnapped, Spellman said.

In these cases, police have called the victim's cellphone and let kidnappers know they're on the case. Then the matter resolved itself, Spellman said.

"We find out the victim's back at home and everyone says it was a 'big misunderstanding,' " Spellman said. My ass. There should be no misundertanding when ICE goes in and deports every damned illegal and revokes every legal visa. Throw their criminal asses the hell out.