Reporter kidnapped
UPDATE: as of 4:30 Wednesday afternoon, El Debate was reporting that Campos was back home, safe and sound. He was being held for money. His father paid the ransom.
José Carlos Campos Esquerra was kidnapped yesterday from his home in Cuilican. Reporters have been victims of the drug wars — supposedly a sign of success, according to Felipe Calderon — but Campos is a sports writer for El Debate, not an invesigative journalist nor even a crime writer. His kidnapping may have nothing to do with journalism: he is runs the communications department for Ley department stores, and the Ley family owned Tomateros baseball team. His brother, Roy Campos, owns the polling firm, Consulta Mitofsky.
Business disputes with the Ley family, with the department store, with the polling firm.. or even Tomatero fans could be behind this… or he may have been taken for ransom … but any time a reporter disappears in Sinaloa, you have to assume the worst.
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