Eleven young people, seven men and four women, disappeared after a night of partying in the popular Zona Rosa neighborhood. All of them are from Tepito, a crime ridden slum in the heart of Mexico City. Five days after the investigation started, it is not sure whether they were abducted or not, their disappearance remains a mystery. This disappearance in particular is surprising because it most likely took place in Zona Rosa, an area very populous and popular and only steps away from the American and British embassies. The one common denominator of all the missing people was that they all went to the Heavens After Nightclub that night. A man informed the families of the missing people that employees had ushered the young people into SUV's from the nightclub. That man escaped before he could be questioned further and is now missing. The state Anti-Kidnapping Office has taken the case and according to them no ransom notes have been issued. In just six years however, Mexico City has been deemed one of the safest cities in the country. Homicides from .0171% to.0095%, violent thefts from .2309% to .1571% and kidnappings from .001% to .0004%. This sudden mass kidnapping is alarming and hopefully does not become a common occurence.
Zabludovsky, K. (2013, Jun 01). Concern grows as group disappears in mexico. New York Times. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1357178603?accountid=44854
By: Adam Sehr
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