As the subsequent investigation determined, upon arrival in the city, the unidentified victims were taken to the parking lot of the casino. There, they met a third male subject, who would allegedly start them on the journey.<\/p>\n
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The victims were hidden in the trunk of the car and transferred to a building somewhere in the city of Valle de Mexicali. Their escorts took them inside the property, where another person was waiting. It was in that building that the victims realized that their trip had turned into a nightmare.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The assailants began beating the couple and threatening to kill them. They stripped the pair naked, took all their belongings, tied them up, and blindfolded them.<\/p>\n
The attackers constantly abused the couple physically and forced them to find a way to pay a ransom. The pair contacted relatives, on the orders of the assailants, where they explained that they made it to the US but couldn\u2019t gain their freedom without a ransom payment.<\/p>\n
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Finally, the victims were able to untie themselves once their attackers fell asleep. They returned some of the abuse they had received, a measure they employed to render the assailants unconscious, and escaped.<\/p>\n
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They made their way to a police station for safety and to file a report, leading to the attackers\u2019 arrests. Cruz and the others finally appeared in court this month, with the victims having waited six years for justice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
They\u2019ll get some satisfaction, but probably not as much as they would like. In a hearing this week, the judge presiding over the case ordered Cruz, the apparent ringleader of the gang, to 130 years in prison. The others had already received their sentences, which were much lighter.<\/p>\n
Cruz will also have to make financial restitution to the victims. The amount he has to pay wasn\u2019t revealed. However, it isn\u2019t likely he\u2019ll be in a position to earn much money in his new home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Many people visit casinos to try their luck at hitting the jackpot. But a couple of innocent people in Mexico thought a casino could bring them luck to make it to the US. What they got, though, was a nightmarish scenario of kidnapping and torture, for which their assailant will now spend the rest of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":273184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,81884],"tags":[13766,81904,82587],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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