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Kidnap insurance traditionally associated with the lawless coca groves of Colombia or the tribal wetlands of Nigeria is now conquering south Texas.
Faced with a wave of crime, major U.S. insurance companies are quietly selling abduction coverage here to address the needs of businessmen on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border ...Sales of kidnap insurance in Laredo and its surroundings more than doubled from 2004 to 2005, reaching a total of about 125 outstanding policies costing between $1,800 and $7,500 a year, Mr. Jackson said....Twenty-six cases of abduction of American citizens are currently pending in the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo region. ...The numbers likely represent “only a fraction” of the actual number of kidnapped U.S. citizens, one of the officials pointed out, because many families believe reporting the abductions would do more harm than good.
..."In my opinion, there is no law in northern Mexico anymore,” said one local businessman, who wished to remain anonymous.
Surprisingly, the majority of kidnappings here are not blamed on the warring Gulf and Sinaloa drug cartels. Rather, locals say, they have spread as a byproduct of the general breakdown in law and order, gradually evolving into a cottage industry in its own right. “They have really customized this business to adjust it to the fact that it’s difficult for most people to come up with large sums of money quickly,” said Trent Kimball, owner of Texas Armoring Corporation, which is selling armored cars
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