{"id":1976101,"date":"2023-07-18T11:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T15:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-woman-targeted-in-mexico-kidnapping-freed-after-8-months\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T11:26:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T15:26:10","slug":"american-woman-targeted-in-mexico-kidnapping-freed-after-8-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-woman-targeted-in-mexico-kidnapping-freed-after-8-months\/","title":{"rendered":"American woman kidnapped in Mexico freed after 8 months."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famerican-woman-targeted-in-mexico-kidnapping-freed-after-8-months%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976101&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>American\u200c Woman &#8216;Targeted&#8217; in Mexico \u200bKidnapping Freed After 8 Months<\/h2>\n<p>A \u2063California woman \u2063who \u200dwas kidnapped \u200din \u200bMexico \u2062last November\u200c is\u2064 now free.<\/p>\n<p>Monica de Leon Barba was freed Friday, the \u2064FBI said, according to\u200d <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/american-woman-kidnaped-mexico-freed-after-8-months\/story?id=101323854\" \u2062target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>De Leon Barba has been walking\u200d her\u2063 dog in \u200bTepatitl\u00e1n, Jalisco, Mexico, \u2062when \u200bshe was\u200b abducted.<\/p>\n<p>De \u200bLeon\u2019s cousin,\u200c Gael\u2063 De \u200cLeon, who\u200b had been \u200ckidnapped in a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-officer-rescues-kidnapped-woman-noticing-2-words-mouthed-passenger-seat\/\" \u200btarget=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noopener\">separate incident<\/a>, was\u200d also \u2064freed on \u2063Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI did not \u200cprovide\u2064 any \u200ddetails\u200b on the \u2062release \u200cof the \u2062two women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the\u2062 past eight\u2063 months,\u200c FBI \u200bpersonnel\u200d in California \u2062and \u2063Mexico have \u2064worked\u200d tirelessly with \u200bthe\u200d family \u200dand with\u2063 partners\u200c in Mexico. \u200cOur\u2064 relief and \u2062joy at\u200c the safe\u200b return of Monica \u2062is\u2063 profound,\u201d\u200b said Special Agent \u2063Robert \u2062Tripp of the\u2063 FBI\u200b San Francisco\u200b Office, according\u200b to the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/crime\/monica-de-leon-kidnapped-mexico-released-b2376745.html\" target=\"_blank\" \u200brel=\"noopener\">Independent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI \u200cinvestigation \u200bis far from over, but \u2062we can now\u200b work \u2064this case knowing\u2064 an innocent victim \u200bis reunited with her\u200d family,\u201d \u200cTripp said, \u2064noting \u200cthat no \u2062arrests \u200dwere made.<\/p>\n<p>De Leon\u200d Barba\u2019s\u200b case was a \u200c\u201ctargeted \u200bkidnapping,\u201d \u2062according\u200d to Tripp, who \u200csaid her family\u200b was tapped \u2064for\u2064 <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-mexico-city-airport-seized-armed-forces-military-planning-take-nearly-dozen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ransom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gustavo \u2062de Leon, \u200bde\u200c Leon Barba\u2019s brother, posted\u200c a\u200d picture of him with his sister\u2063 on <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=230782889873645&#038;set=gm.1724164781327949&#038;idorvanity=1585139591897136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote \u200cclass=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"> Woman\u2062 kidnapped in\u2062 Mexico\u200b for months now \u2064home.<\/p>\n<p>Monica De\u200b Leon Barba\u2064 is \u2062now back in \u200bthe Bay \u200bArea,\u2062 almost \u200d8\u2063 months since she was \u200dkidnapped \u200din Mexico\u2062 while she \u200cwas walking \u2062her dog. \u2062The \u200bFBI said \u2064she was released yesterday\u2064 and said\u200b no arrests have \u200bbeen made \u2026 <a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/edulY0mPKs\">pic.twitter.com\/edulY0mPKs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gia Vang (@Gia_Vang) <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gia_Vang\/status\/1680377947499429890?\">July 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFor the first time in a very long\u2063 time we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-trump-up-7-points-in-final-selzer-iowa-poll-latest-states-poll-has-trump-up-322-to-216-for-biden-in-national-electoral-college\/\" title=\"IT'S HAPPENING: Trump Up 7 Points in Final Selzer Iowa Poll -- Latest States Poll Has Trump Up 322 to 216 for Biden in National Electoral College\">good news<\/a>! \u200cI need to thank \u2062every single person that helped my \u200dfamily and \u2064I [through] this\u2063 entire ordeal. We can all finally close\u2062 this \u200cchapter in \u2063our\u2063 lives \u200dand work on the\u2062 long road\u2064 of\u2063 healing \u2062we \u200bhave ahead,\u201d\u200b he \u200bwrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote\u200b class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>:\u2063 This \u2062video\u2063 shows\u200c Monica DeLeon Barba\u2064 moments\u2062 before her kidnapping in\u2063 Tepatitl\u00e1n, \u2064Jalisco, Mexico, while\u2063 walking with her\u2062 dog\u2062 on Nov. \u200b29, 2022. \u2062The \u200c1st\u2063 half\u2063 of the video\u200b depicts \u200dMonica \u2063walking\u2063 with her dog. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-woman-targeted-in-mexico-kidnapping-freed-after-8-months\/\" title=\"American woman kidnapped in Mexico freed after 8 months.\">2nd half\u200c shows \u20643\u200b vehicles\u2063 fleeing<\/a> after her\u200c kidnapping. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K1ulV99jeu\">pic.twitter.com\/K1ulV99jeu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FBI SanFrancisco (@FBISanFrancisco) <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBISanFrancisco\/status\/1646544204154171395?\">April \u200c13, \u200c2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In April,\u2062 the\u200b FBI released a \u2064<a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/video-repository\/san-francisco-monica-deleon-041323-01.m4v\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> \u200bof de\u2064 Leon Barba\u2019s \u2062abduction.\u200c The dog\u2063 she was walking was \u200clater\u200d found\u200c and given\u200c to \u2064the victim\u2019s\u200c family.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063FBI had \u200coffered a\u200b reward\u200c of \u2062up \u200bto $40,000 for information\u200d that would help\u2064 find \u200cand\u2063 free de Leon \u200dBarba.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b <a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/traveladvisories\/traveladvisories\/mexico-travel-advisory.html#Jalisco%20state\" \u2063target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Department<\/a> has issued a travel\u200c warning for <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illegal-immigrant-suspected-kidnapping-child-previously-deported-report\/\"\u200c target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jalisco\u2064 state<\/a>,\u200b where de Leon \u200dBarba was\u2062 taken.<\/p>\n<div\u2062 id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do \u200dyou\u200b believe this\u200d was \u200ca &#8220;targeted&#8221; kidnapping?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" \u2062style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\tCompleting \u2064this poll entitles \u200cyou to The \u2064Western\u200b Journal \u200cnews\u200c updates free\u2062 of\u200d charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also \u2064agree \u200cto our \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a>\u200c and \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\"\u200b style=\"display:\u2062 none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n\t\t\tYes: 100% (1 \u2063Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n\t\t\tNo:\u200d 0%\u200d (0\u2062 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cReconsider travel due\u200d to crime\u200d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illegal-alien-accused-kidnapping-attempt-guess-protecting-deportation\/\"\u200d target=\"_blank\" \u200brel=\"noopener\">kidnapping<\/a>,\u201d the \u2063warning \u2062said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolent crime and gang activity are common in parts of \u2062Jalisco state. In\u2062 Guadalajara,\u200c territorial \u2062battles between criminal\u200b groups\u2062 take\u2064 place\u200d in tourist areas. \u200dShooting incidents between \u200bcriminal \u200dgroups \u200bhave injured or killed \u200cinnocent \u200cbystanders. \u200dU.S. \u200ccitizens and \u200cLPRs \u200dhave been victims \u200cof kidnapping,\u201d\u200b the warning\u200c said, using the acronym \u201cLPRs\u201d for \u201clawful permanent residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c post <a\u2062 rel=\"nofollow\" \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/american-woman-targeted-mexico-kidnapping-freed-8-months\/\">American \u200dWoman &#8216;Targeted&#8217; in Mexico\u2064 Kidnapping Freed After \u20638 \u200cMonths<\/a> \u200cappeared first \u200bon \u2062<a\u200d rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A California woman kidnapped in Mexico last November has been released. Monica de Leon Barba was freed on Friday, according to the FBI. She was taken while walking her dog in Tepatitl\u00e1n, Jalisco. Her cousin, Gael De Leon, who was also kidnapped, remains missing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1976102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}