Abducted mayor, officials in northern Mexico freed, governor says

Reuters
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The mayor of a small northern Mexican town and a group of local officials kidnapped by armed men have been freed, the governor of the border state of Coahuila said on Saturday.

Mario Cedillo Infante, mayor of Guerrero, Coahuila, was abducted with eight other people on Friday night after being pursued by two trucks with armed men in the city of Nuevo Laredo, officials in Coahuila said earlier on Saturday.

Miguel Angel Riquelme, Coahuila's governor, said on Facebook he had been informed by the state attorney general that Cedillo and the rest of those missing had been set free after the armed forces joined the police search for them.

Riquelme said he expected to have more details soon.

The border city of Nuevo Laredo is in nearby Tamaulipas state, and has long been notorious for gang violence.

(Reporting by Dave Graham; editing by Diane Craft and Sandra Maler)