Kidnapping

A family of three were separated after surrendering to US immigration authorities, with the couple's two-year-old child being left behind in the United States while her parents were deported to separate countries.

An Ecuadorian soccer player's wife and 5-year-old child were kidnapped during a home invasion on Wednesday after the intruders appeared to be looking for him.

A woman was arrested on multiple charges after she allegedly kidnapped her ex-boyfriend's wife by impersonating an immigration agent earlier this month.

The member of a nonprofit warned that cartels could now resort to targeting citizens as the flow of migrants dries up as a result of Trump's crackdown

Kidnapping charges were dropped against five Massachusetts college students after a vigilante-style TikTok stunt, inspired by "To Catch a Predator."

A rapper known as "Fat Flow" has been sentenced to over 30 years in prison after being found guilty of kidnapping seven migrants in 2023

A Florida couple faces first-degree murder charges for allegedly kidnapping, torturing, and murdering a teenager they met through an online dating app.

New York prosecutors say a transgender man endured a month of "especially cruel" torture and that those involved even coerced children into participating.

A Michigan man on probation for kidnapping allegedly had a missing teen girl staying with him for months.

A North Carolina man was locked in a storage unit for several days after his girlfriend allegedly trapped him inside.

The Northeast Cartel is one of six Mexican cartels recently designated as "terrorist organizations" by the Trump administration.

Three men holding the migrants at gunpoint were arrested during the operation

The cartel had previously kidnapped the mayor and his son, releasing them after he agreed to replace the security chief—but the change never took place.

The man kidnapped the minor at gunpoint from her San Antonio home and drove her to California.

Florida man Antonio Paez was arrested after allegedly holding a woman hostage for six days, repeatedly assaulting her, and threatening to kill her, police said.

The Colombian artist has revealed how his traumatic experience pushed him to follow his dreams.

Five students and a minor allegedly lured a man to meet an 18-year-old woman on campus, then called him a predator and assaulted him for a TikTok trend.

A 69-year-old man is facing multiple charges, including first-degree rape, for barricading an elderly woman in her own home and assaulting her for three days.

An American YouTuber that had been missing for weeks was reportedly shot dead in a botched kidnapping attempted in the Philippines, according to police.

A Delhi woman allegedly kidnapped a boy but abandoned him hours later after discovering he was part of a different religion.

The defendant invited his wife to a dinner date and instead drove her to his mother's house, where his half-brother strangled her to death.

A man with over 30 prior arrests was arrested for attempting to abduct a 6-year-old boy walking with his dad in Brooklyn.

An Oklahoma mother was arrested last week for child abandonment after allegedly giving her toddler away to her meth dealer two years ago.

A fast-thinking woman used Apple's Find My tracking app to help police locate her friend after she was kidnapped by her armed boyfriend.

An 11-year-old girl in Boulder, Colorado, escaped a kidnapping attempt by hitting her assailant with a tree branch in self-defense, according to law enforcement.

Georgia law enforcement has recovered the body of a Puerto Rican fitness influencer who disappeared from Walmart last week after sending an unusual text.

A homeless woman in New Orleans allegedly got behind the wheel of a stalled ambulance and drove for three miles while an EMS crew were tending to a patient.

Detectives said the two men allegedly called each other multiple times on the days of two incidents where women claimed to have been raped.

A Missouri woman was given two life sentences for allegedly kidnapping and murdering a woman and her unborn child in 2022.

Cartel-related violence is concentrated in or along drug trafficking routes, borders and ports of entry for cocaine from Colombia as well as ingredients for fentanyl from China, in addition to avocado and lime-producing regions.