Tag: kidnappers
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Kidnapped Mexican striker Pulido escaped by punching captor: official
By Natalie Ann Schachar MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The authorities billed it as a rescue, but Mexican soccer player Alan Pulido escaped his kidnappers by punching the one guarding him, snatching a cellphone and calling for help, a top official in the country's violent northeast said on Monday. State security forces located Pulido within minutes…
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Kidnapped Mexican striker Pulido escaped by punching captor: official
By Natalie Ann Schachar MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The authorities billed it as a rescue, but Mexican soccer player Alan Pulido escaped his kidnappers by punching the one guarding him, snatching a cellphone and calling for help, a top official in the country's violent northeast said on Monday. State security forces located Pulido within minutes…
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After a heart attack, people more likely to take statins as directed
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Heath) – People may do a better job of following doctors’ orders to take statin drugs – prescribed to protect against cardiac problems – after they wind up hospitalized for a heart attack, a large study suggests. “Our theory is that the heart attack hospitalization appeared to serve as a teachable…
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Chile’s red tide outbreak recedes, giving fishermen a break
By Anthony Esposito SANTIAGO (Reuters) – An unusually widespread and deadly “red tide” outbreak in southern Chile’s fishing-rich waters is abating, a top scientist said on Monday, giving some reprieve to communities that depend on the Pacific Ocean for their livelihoods. The red tide – an algal bloom that turns the sea water red and…