Journalist kidnapped in Mexico was blindfolded, handcuffed and threatened with his children

After the journalist’s discovery was made known Jaime Barrerawho disappeared on Monday, March 11 in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, after leaving the radio program he hosts, little by little details of what happened are becoming known.

During an interview with journalist Ciro Gómez Leyva for Radio Formula, the communicator explained that, although he was held by a group of armed men, it was not a kidnapping as such, but as a consequence of his profession.

“It was not kidnapping because they did not ask for a ransom, It was a kind of warning of what I write, of what I say”I think it comes from there,” said Barrera, who works in print media, as well as radio and television, making him one of the best-known communicators in Jalisco.

When talking about the moment in which he was deprived of his freedom, he recalled that there were 5 armed men who approached him when he was leaving the radio station, and forced him to get out of his vehicle to put him into a truck, in which they took him away. day light.

“Suddenly five arrive pointing guns at your car and you have to decide whether to get in or stay there, no matter what happens,” said the victim in another interview with journalist Azucena Uresti.

Once in the van in which they took him, The kidnappers blindfolded him and tied his handsin addition to keeping him on his knees most of the time, so Barrera did not know where the vehicle was traveling.

Finally, regarding the reason why he was detained, the victim showed that it was all due to his journalistic work, and that the criminals even threatened him and his family.

“They told me that if I didn’t accomplish things or didn’t lower my They already knew where I live, who my children are or where I move.In short, it is something that has to be said and that they probably do not like, but it must be said and we must demand more protection and be more careful in this upcoming electoral process. In 34 years that has not happened to me,” he declared.

After the warning, His captors abandoned him with his hands cuffed in the municipality of Magdalenaabout 80 kilometers from Guadalajara, where he sought help and approached a store from where he could speak to his family and the authorities.

Although Barrera did not specify who ordered him to be detained, he said that his intention is to return to work and that he will ask that the Mexican Government include him in the journalist protection program.

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