Mexico arrests five suspects in kidnapping of Cancun call centre workers


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  • Thursday, 04 Jul 2019

People talk as they wait for news after employees were kidnapped by unidentified individuals from a call center, in Cancun, Mexico July 3, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Delgado

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Five suspects have been arrested in the kidnapping of more than two dozen call centre workers who were likely caught in a business dispute in the Mexican tourist city of Cancun, a state official said on Wednesday.

Quintana Roo Attorney General Oscar Montes de Oca said the call centre employees and the business owner were freed by law enforcement officers on Wednesday morning several hours after Tuesday night's kidnapping.

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