US anti-kidnapping expert kidnapped in Mexico

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

Ohhh lord, I know it is sooo wrong to laugh at this but it is hilarious!!!

Associated PressPosted: 12/15/2008 03:35:33 PM MST

MEXICO CITY - A U.S. anti-kidnapping expert was abducted by gunmen in northern Mexico last week, a sign of just how bold this nation's kidnapping gangs have become.

U.S. security consultant Felix Batista was in Saltillo in Coahuila state to offer advice on how to confront abductions for ransom when he was snatched by unknown assailants on Dec. 10, said Charlie LeBlanc, the president of the Houston, Texas-based security firm ASI Global LLC., where Batista is a consultant.

"We have notified the FBI and Mexican authorities, and they are working on the case," LeBlanc said Monday. "What we are doing is we're offering our support to the family and hoping for the best."

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City said it would not comment on the case, and LeBlanc declined to say whether a ransom demand had been received. LeBlanc said Batista had his own security business and that "he was in Mexico for business that wasn't associated with our company."

Batista's work involved crisis management consulting, LeBlanc said. "Part of that could be or may involve negotiations with kidnappers."

ASI Global's Web site advertises "kidnap and ransom response" and says the company has worked for major insurance companies. Kidnapping has become a rising problem in Mexico, but attacks on U.S. anti-crime consultants have largely been the stuff of movies. The seizure seems to echo the plot of a 2004 movie, "Man on Fire," in which Denzel Washington played a U.S. security consultant who takes on

Edited December 16, 2008 by TävôLuDô

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

So clearly they need to bring in Denzel Washington to cut people's fingers off and blow up people with explosives inserted in their rectums.

Sounds like a job for Blackwater!

Edited December 16, 2008 by Paul Daniels

[Nagishkaw 510]

So clearly they need to bring in Denzel Washington to cut people's fingers off and blow up people with explosives inserted in their rectums.

Sounds like a job for Blackwater!

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

Just watched Man on Fire again this past week and still FTW!

Denzel for Pres!!

[웃 910]

Kidnapping has become a rising problem in Mexico, but attacks on U.S. anti-crime consultants have largely been the stuff of movies. The seizure seems to echo the plot of a 2004 movie, "Man on Fire," in which Denzel Washington played a U.S. security consultant who takes on Mexican kidnappers and is abducted himself. A series of high-profile kidnappings in which the victims were later found dead has sparked outrage in Mexico. In the past year, the bodies of the daughter of Mexico's former sports commissioner and the son of a prominent businessman have been found. Non-governmental groups claim Mexico has one of the world's highest kidnapping rates, surpassing Colombia. Earlier this year, more than 100,000 people marched through Mexico City to protest rising crime. Many people carried pictures of kidnapped relatives. Coahuila Gov. Humberto Moreira set off a nationwide controversy by proposing to reinstate the death penalty for kidnappers who kill their victims. On Monday, Moreira refused to talk about Batista's kidnapping and said only that "it is one of so many kidnappings and like all of them it is deplorable."Coahuila state law enforcement officials who were not authorized to be quoted by name said Batista had been giving talks to local police officials and businessmen on how to prevent or avoid kidnappings. They said he apparently was snatched from a street outside a restaurant. The Web profile of Batista _ later removed from ASI's site _ described him as "the primary case officer for all cases throughout the Latin American region." The site said Batista was a former U.S. Army major who is "known for conducting in-depth threat assessments, the successful resolution of nearly 100 kidnap and ransom cases (many on behalf of major insurance carriers) and investigations." The company denied local news reports that Batista was a former FBI agent, and warned those reports could put his life at risk.

[HAL 9000 96]

So clearly they need to bring in Denzel Washington to cut people's fingers off and blow up people with explosives inserted in their rectums.

Sounds like a job for Blackwater!

Dude that movie kicked azz.

Don't know about Blackwater. Definitely they shouldn't be allowed to operate with helicopters if they are brought in.

I do find it ironic that this guy got grabbed. Hope he returns home safe and complete.

[mawilson 2,133]

So clearly they need to bring in Denzel Washington to cut people's fingers off and blow up people with explosives inserted in their rectums.

Sounds like a job for Blackwater!

Do you have a problem with violence against bad guys?

Should we fight them gently, with rainbows and kittens?

[*Robert* 2]

So clearly they need to bring in Denzel Washington to cut people's fingers off and blow up people with explosives inserted in their rectums.

Sounds like a job for Blackwater!

Do you have a problem with violence against bad guys?

Should we fight them gently, with rainbows and kittens?

I think maybe something a little stronger... like pink elephants!!!

[HAL 9000 96]

So clearly they need to bring in Denzel Washington to cut people's fingers off and blow up people with explosives inserted in their rectums.

Sounds like a job for Blackwater!

Do you have a problem with violence against bad guys?

Should we fight them gently, with rainbows and kittens?

* Searching lolcatz *

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

So clearly they need to bring in Denzel Washington to cut people's fingers off and blow up people with explosives inserted in their rectums.

Sounds like a job for Blackwater!

Do you have a problem with violence against bad guys?

Should we fight them gently, with rainbows and kittens?

I have a problem with sadism - as exemplifed by movies like Man On Fire and TV shows like 24.

[mawilson 2,133]

So clearly they need to bring in Denzel Washington to cut people's fingers off and blow up people with explosives inserted in their rectums.

Sounds like a job for Blackwater!

Do you have a problem with violence against bad guys?

Should we fight them gently, with rainbows and kittens?

I have a problem with sadism - as exemplifed by movies like Man On Fire and TV shows like 24.

Unfortunately, the bad guys don't.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

So clearly they need to bring in Denzel Washington to cut people's fingers off and blow up people with explosives inserted in their rectums.

Sounds like a job for Blackwater!

Do you have a problem with violence against bad guys?

Should we fight them gently, with rainbows and kittens?

I have a problem with sadism - as exemplifed by movies like Man On Fire and TV shows like 24.

Unfortunately, the bad guys don't.

There are no good or bad guys.

[*Robert* 2]

So clearly they need to bring in Denzel Washington to cut people's fingers off and blow up people with explosives inserted in their rectums.

Sounds like a job for Blackwater!

Do you have a problem with violence against bad guys?

Should we fight them gently, with rainbows and kittens?

I have a problem with sadism - as exemplifed by movies like Man On Fire and TV shows like 24.

Unfortunately, the bad guys don't.

There are no good or bad guys.

They are all relative!!!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

So clearly they need to bring in Denzel Washington to cut people's fingers off and blow up people with explosives inserted in their rectums.

Sounds like a job for Blackwater!

Do you have a problem with violence against bad guys?

Should we fight them gently, with rainbows and kittens?

I have a problem with sadism - as exemplifed by movies like Man On Fire and TV shows like 24.

Unfortunately, the bad guys don't.

There are no good or bad guys.

They are all relative!!!

Relative in real real life. In movies, not so much.

There are movies which highlight the moral ambiguities of the issues they depict, but the likes of 24 for example, presents torture as necessary and justifiable 100% of the time - to such an extent that it might be viewed as some sort of masturbatory sex fantasy.