On Saturday night, Phoenix police found a dozen illegal aliens being held for ransom in a house near 51st Avenue and Encanto. Many of them showed signs of torture.
The night before, it was Phoenix firefighters who were called to the same address to put out a shed fire, where some of the kidnapping victims were being held.
Phoenix police Lieutenant John White told reporters: “Interestingly enough some of the individuals were actually kept in the rear shed last night and because of the abuse they had been suffering they actually set fire to the shed. And we got word Phoenix fire responded and put out the fire, we still have to verify that but we do have a burnt shed out there."
The men who were holding the illegal aliens captive have all been taken into custody. No word yet on the kidnappers immigration status.
In recent years, Phoenix has become the kidnapping capital of the United States.
The Mexican drug cartels and human smuggling rings are behind nearly all of the kidnappings.
A few weeks ago, the Phoenix Police Department announced that as of Dec. 1, the city had experienced 302 kidnappings for the year. That is an average of 27 abductions each month.
In 2008, there 359 kidnappings recorded in Phoenix. However, police estimate the actual numbers to be closer to three times as high as the reported figures. Many victims fail to report such crimes, out of fear from further retribution from the notoriously violent cartels.
Illegal aliens often fall victim to the human smugglers they rely on to bring them into the U.S. Once here, the smugglers will contact their families in Mexico and threaten to kill their loved one unless a ransom is paid.
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If OUR SANCTUARY CITY would ENFORCE all ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT LAWS?Who really knows the ILLEGALS running our CITY STREETS? They could be all GANG MEMBERS? CARTEL MEMBER?MURDERS? BANK ROBBERS?CHILD MOLESTERS? KIDNAPPERS? DOES PHILLIPE GORDON AND ROSEMARY WILCUX ALSO GODDARD KNOW ALL THESE ILLEGALS PERSONALLY?WHY ARE THEY ALLOWED TO RUN AROUND SANCTUARY CITIES UNCHECKED FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY? A BIRTH CERTIFICATE CARRYING LEGAL AMERICAN>
Gary- good points. The PowerElite running Phoenix are doing their best to fulfill their GlobalAgenda. The wetbacks think they will takeover and be rich(hahaha).Perhaps attend a city council meeting and request a little support for Sheriff Joe.......
Why do all mestizos want to join gangs, and have stabbings and shootings in dey hood?
Of course some multi-culturalist BUFFOON , will say the Phoenix was always the kidnap capital of the country--even before it was inundated with hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens. Yeah, sure. It reminds me of when I was a young kid and I went on a trip with my parents through phoenix about the time Glen Campbell wrote the beautiful song, "by the time I get to Phoenix. It was a beautiful sleepy dessert town at that time, with hardly any crime at all. THANKS OPEN BORDERS TRAITORS.
Bobby- I lived in Phoenix (19th & Bell) in `81 & `82. The metro area was about 85% Caucasian, and crime was almost non-existent. Now it has been turned into a mini LA, with all the same bangin, but no disney, beach or hollywood. Thank God for the retirees(ex-Californians) & The National Hero Sheriff Joe or Phoenix would be another juarez.
How are kidnapping cases being counted, per incident or by number of victims? For example, do the dozen aliens in the house mentioned in the article count as twelve kidnappings or just one?
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