Four kidnappers sentenced to 50 years each in Teotihuacán, Mexico

A Mexican court sentenced four men to 50 years in prison each for aggravated kidnapping in San Juan Teotihuacán.

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A Mexican sentencing court (Tribunal de Enjuiciamiento) convicted Jesús Cortés Flores, Jonás Baltazar García, Jorge Javier Arenas Mendoza, and Octaviano Néstor Nochebuena of aggravated kidnapping and sentenced each to 50 years in prison in San Juan Teotihuacán, Estado de México. ^[1] The FGR ministerial investigation established that the kidnappers contacted the victim's family and demanded money for the victim's release, and that after negotiations the victim was freed. ^[2] Members of the Federal Police in Frankfurt conducted a routine check on 2025-09-01 and discovered that a truck driver from Bosnia and Herzegovina was staying illegally in Germany. ^[3] Police determined that the driver had overstayed his permitted 90-day stay by 15 days and had entered the Schengen zone five times without a visa or residence permit. ^[4] The 25-year-old truck driver was stopped at 09:10 on the S 148 road in Neugersdorf after entering Germany from the Czech Republic. ^[5] In October 2017, the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (Ministerio Público Federal) obtained arrest warrants from a judge for Jesús Cortés Flores, Jonás Baltazar García, Jorge Javier Arenas Mendoza, and Octaviano Néstor Nochebuena. ^[6] The driver was flown back to his home country from Frankfurt Airport on the morning of 2025-09-01. ^[7]

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The FGR ministerial investigation established that the kidnappers contacted the victim's family and demanded money for the victim's release, and that after negotiations the victim was freed. ·

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Members of the Federal Police in Frankfurt conducted a routine check on 2025-09-01 and discovered that a truck driver from Bosnia and Herzegovina was staying illegally in Germany. · Nezavisne novine

Police determined that the driver had overstayed his permitted 90-day stay by 15 days and had entered the Schengen zone five times without a visa or residence permit. · Nezavisne novine

The 25-year-old truck driver was stopped at 09:10 on the S 148 road in Neugersdorf after entering Germany from the Czech Republic. · Nezavisne novine

In October 2017, the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (Ministerio Público Federal) obtained arrest warrants from a judge for Jesús Cortés Flores, Jonás Baltazar García, Jorge Javier Arenas Mendoza, and Octaviano Néstor Nochebuena. ·

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The driver was flown back to his home country from Frankfurt Airport on the morning of 2025-09-01. · Nezavisne novine

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