kidnapped

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The news sparked an outcry, with Machado claiming he had been "kidnapped," and a US congresswoman warning of "grave consequences" if anything happened to him.

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A US TV host whose family has been at the center of national attention for a week since her elderly mother was apparently kidnapped said Monday she and her siblings had reached "an hour of desperation."

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In May, the father of a man who ran a Malta-based cryptocurrency company was kidnapped by four hooded men in Paris.

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"I'm too poor to be kidnapped," said the woman checking us in to our hotel.

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The family of the kidnapped mother of a top US TV news anchor made a new plea for information from her captors on Thursday, after investigators said they believed the 84-year-old was still alive.

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